Healthy Communities Posts
County Health Rankings Are in the House
We were thrilled when Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN) took to the House Floor to celebrate Carver County for being named Minnesota's healthiest county in this year's County Health Rankings.
Being Black Is Bad for Your Health
There is a mountain of evidence that being Black or Latino in the U.S. can have adverse affects on one’s health, due, in part, to structural racism. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and Harvard Professor David Williams made this point in a recent op-ed.
Five Questions with Toni Williams
In this interview with Burnesser Toni Williams, Sara Brinda explores Toni’s favorite social change issue, uncovers her greatest fear, and gets a glimpse of what it might have been like to hang out with Toni as a child.
From Homelessness to Home
Mr. Ford is an army veteran who, after being homeless for more than a decade, recently moved into his first apartment. We worked with the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network to help tell his story.
How Can Pediatricians Help Fight Childhood Poverty?
For the one in five children who are poor in America, the stress of poverty is a daily reality. And it affects kids’ brains and bodies. That’s why the American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that pediatricians screen all children for poverty risk factors.
2016 County Health Rankings Spotlight Rural Health Concerns and More
Where you live matters to your health, and the 2016 County Health Rankings put a spotlight on the fact that not everyone has the same opportunity to be healthy.
Death Rates for Middle-Aged White Americans Should Be Falling, So Why Aren’t They?
In the United States, we’ve grown to expect that as time goes on, people get healthier—life expectancy rises, fewer people die of preventable or treatable conditions, and so on. But a recent report from the Commonwealth Fund found that this is no longer the case for middle-aged white people—and the reason might surprise you.
WARNING: That Drink Contributes to Type 2 Diabetes
Do warning labels on sugary drinks (e.g., soda, energy drinks, and fruit drinks like Capri Sun and SunnyD) deter parents from buying them for their kids? Researchers have been investigating that question, and the results are in.
Our Creative Portfolio
Videos, graphics, gifs, Twitter, blog posts, websites – these days, there are so many ways to communicate beyond traditional media, and Burness does ‘em all. To showcase some of our recent creative work, we’ve put together a new creative portfolio.
Want a Healthy Hometown? Move Here.
Cities around the US are catching on to the fact that health is shaped by more than just what happens in the doctor’s office. So to make sure that their citizens have opportunities to be healthy in every way, they’re doing some innovative things. If you want a hometown devoted to health in its broadest, most holistic sense, check out the eight Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize winners from 2015.
