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County Health Rankings Model (Health Factor Area)

Social and economic factors

Social and economic factors influence the choices and opportunities available in a community. Economic factors include which jobs and benefits are available and to whom, and whether education, health insurance and child care are accessible and affordable. Social factors enable connection and inclusion within and between communities and include social safety net and other support.

County Health Rankings Model (Measure)

Social Associations

Number of membership associations per 10,000 population.

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Social host laws

Adopt laws that hold private property owners who provide alcohol to minors or obviously intoxicated individuals on their property liable if someone is killed or injured as a result

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Social Identity Mapping

This tool (from Center for Creative Leadership) is often used as a group activity to engage in deeper dialogue about who the group members are and to move beyond typical introductions and ice-breakers.

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Social Media Communications Strategies

This is a tool (from CDC) for planning and evaluating social media efforts. It can be found in: - Act on What's Important under Build public & political will and...

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Social media for civic participation

Support individual and group use of internet-based tools to receive news, communicate or share information, collaborate on ideas, mobilize networks, and make collective decisions

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Social Media Outreach Tips

This tool (from Burness) includes ways to use social media to communicate about the Rankings.

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Social norms campaigns on alcohol misuse among college students

Provide objective, normative information to reduce college students’ misperceptions about alcohol use and, ultimately, change their drinking behavior

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Social service integration

Coordinate access to services across delivery systems and disciplinary boundaries (e.g., housing, disability, physical health, mental health, child welfare, workforce services, etc.)

County Health Rankings Model (Category)

Societal Rules

Societal rules are the written and unwritten rules and how they are applied to shape community conditions. Written rules may be formalized and documented in laws, policies, regulations and budgets. Unwritten rules are made up of worldviews, culture and norms. These can include customs or expectations that guide acceptable thought and behavior without being documented in writing. Institutional practices and systems of governance – such as an organization’s approach to salary parity – may be written or unwritten. Societal rules, and how they are created and maintained by those with power, are referred to as the structural determinants of health.