"[An] across-the-board wellness program (beyond its many other limitations) [can] miss many needs by not addressing local conditions that could make life changes more difficult to sustain.... So, how do you find out about what life is like for your people outside of the workplace? One approach might be the Health Policy Institute of Ohio's Health Value Dashboard.... The Dashboard brings the data closer to home by allowing you to zero-in county-by-county to see local factors affecting health that you probably couldn't know otherwise.... The Dashboard can provide the same kind of data on counties across the country, allowing you to see what differences exist at your various locations, allowing you to localize your well being efforts. Got a plant north of Atlanta in Cherokee County? Take a look at the data. The well being job to do there might be completely different than in [Ohio's] Cuyahoga County."

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