{"id":28,"date":"2015-04-07T21:12:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T21:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ef.panicola.com\/?p=28"},"modified":"2015-04-07T21:12:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T21:12:24","slug":"gallup-healthways-well-being-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ef.panicola.com\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Potential way to measure changes in well-being and attribute them to particular interventions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.well-beingindex.com\/2014-community-rankings<\/p>\n<div class=\"section post-header\">\n<h2 class=\"blog-post-title\"><span id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_name\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_text\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"meta_field\" data-hs-cos-type=\"text\">New Report Measures the Well-Being of the Nation\u2019s Most Populous Communities<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"title-post-seperator\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section post-body\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/162029\/Well-Being_Index\/2014_Data\/2014_Community_Rankings_Cover_Thumb.png?t=1428383138536\" alt=\"2014_Community_Rankings_Cover_Thumb\" align=\"right\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A new report from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0ranks the 100 largest communities in the United States by their comparative well-being. North-Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida, has the nation\u2019s highest well-being, followed by Urban Honolulu, Hawaii; Raleigh, North Carolina; Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California; and El Paso, Texas. El Paso also leads the nation in purpose and physical well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pennsylvania, has the lowest overall well-being in the country, as well as the lowest purpose and social well-being. The four communities rounding out the bottom five in terms of overall well-being are Toledo, Ohio; Knoxville, Tennessee; Dayton, Ohio; and Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, Indiana. The state of Ohio has five communities among the ten ranked for lowest overall well-being.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cState of American Well-Being: 2014 Community Well-Being Rankings\u201d\u00a0examines the comparative well-being of the largest 100 communities in the United States. You can read more about the rankings <a href=\"http:\/\/www.well-beingindex.com\/north-port-sarasota-bradenton-florida-tops-large-communities-in-well-being\">here<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.well-beingindex.com\/2014-community-rankings?utm_campaign=Well-Being+Index+2013&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=16940062&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9VFfc70Ezdhw_hk2x8lDb5QrwTHV5yJ2LIuQv-i68Da18lTeJNvtVrUC2yFP3KNGdjdaRmYhP7b6erjAj5eT91Z3cLOA&amp;_hsmi=16940062#_msocom_2\" name=\"_msoanchor_2\"><\/a>\u00a0and download all the reports <a href=\"http:\/\/www.well-beingindex.com\/download\">here<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.well-beingindex.com\/2014-community-rankings?utm_campaign=Well-Being+Index+2013&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=16940062&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9VFfc70Ezdhw_hk2x8lDb5QrwTHV5yJ2LIuQv-i68Da18lTeJNvtVrUC2yFP3KNGdjdaRmYhP7b6erjAj5eT91Z3cLOA&amp;_hsmi=16940062#_msocom_3\" name=\"_msoanchor_3\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index uses a holistic definition of well-being and self-reported data from individuals across the globe to create a unique view of societies\u2019 progress on the elements that matter most to well-being: purpose, social, financial, community and physical. It is the most proven, mature and comprehensive measure of well-being in populations. Previous Gallup and Healthways research shows that high well-being closely relates to key health outcomes such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/services\/178469\/development-validation-diagnostic-instrument-improve-population-trends.aspx\">lower rates of healthcare utilization, lower workplace absenteeism and better workplace performance<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/services\/176333\/wellbeing-elements-predict-changes-obesity.aspx\">change in obesity status<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/services\/176336\/wellbeing-predictor-new-disease-burden.aspx\">new onset disease burden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To discover where other communities \u2014 including yours \u2014 fall within the rankings, download a copy of the report today. You can also subscribe to content from the Well-Being Index; by subscribing, we\u2019ll let you know when we release new reports and insights from the Well-Being Index.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potential way to measure changes in well-being and attribute them to particular interventions&#8230; http:\/\/www.well-beingindex.com\/2014-community-rankings New Report Measures the Well-Being of the Nation\u2019s Most Populous Communities A new report from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index\u00ae\u00a0ranks the 100 largest communities in the United States by their comparative well-being. North-Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida, has the nation\u2019s highest well-being, followed by Urban &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ef.panicola.com\/?p=28\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ef.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ef.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ef.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ef.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ef.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ef.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.ef.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ef.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ef.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ef.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}