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| The rankings are in quartiles, or fourths of the 120 counties |
Kentuckians love the competition among their basketball and football teams. But what if that same spirit of competition was transferred to health? To help encourage such competition, and thus improve health county by county, the
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute produces
county health rankings each year, in partnership with the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The next edition of
KET's "Health Three60," Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET, with Renee Shaw, looks at three communities that are taking those health statistics seriously and making positive changes. A health coalition drives change in Grant County, which moved from 89th to 60th in the rankings in three years. In Hardin County and some surrounding communities, a grassroots drive leads to a smoking ban. And new trails in Rockcastle County encourage healthy lifestyles, as well as economic development. The series is funded in part by the
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. (
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