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Thomas Eckstein, Principal, Arundel Street Consulting, Inc., 175 Arundel St., St. Paul, MN 55102, 651-222-5257, tom@arundelstreet.com

The state health rankings project was began in 1990 as a tool to create public awareness of the differences in population health among the states. The index was design by a panel of experts using the Delphi process. Since 1990, the rankings have been published every year. Revisions are constantly undertaken to maintain the value of the index and to reflect the changes in measurement of population health. This talk will outline the history of the index, its challenges through the year and the lessons learned in utilizing a ranking method to raise awareness among the general population and public health officials about the complexity of health and its variation among states.

Learning Objectives:

• To outline the challenges faced in building and maintaining an annual ranking of population health
• To provide a framework for considering such a ranking method with different geographic divisions.

Related Web page: www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/shr.html

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: United Health Foundation State Health Rankings. Contract to prepare and write annual port.

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