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Appendix D: Measures and Tools for Healthy Communities
Pages 447-450

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... The system combines 27 individual core measures and 22 supplemental measures from each of these areas and merges them into one comprehensive view of the overall population health of a state. The report is ranked from 1-50, with each state being ranked against others by their health determinants score and health outcomes score.
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From page 448...
... The annual County Health Rankings reveals how factors such as where we live, learn, work, and play impacts health. As part of this process, County Health Rankings compiles county-health measures from national data sources (e.g., the American Community Survey and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting)
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... . The HCI will be comprised of standardized healthy community indicators chosen based on their link to health outcomes, ease of measurability, and relationship to established national public health objectives.
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... By using the Social Vulnerability Index, state and local agencies may better identify vulnerable populations, allowing disaster recovery decision makers to better target and support community-based disaster mitigation and preparedness (Flanagan et al., 2011)
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  • livability index
  • health impact
  • facility access
  • overall score

  • socioeconomically vulnerable
  • community health
  • transformation initiative
  • health determinants
  • community action

  • annual county
  • chosen based
  • integrating mapping
  • overall svi
  • people living

  • annual assessment
  • hud healthy
  • healthy development
  • svi toolkit
  • heavy flood


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