Tools & Resources
What is Policy?
This 2-page introductory fact sheet from Change Lab Solutions can help you introduce partners to the concept of policy change.
Coalition Core Competencies Checklist
This tool (from Missouri Foundation for Health's Social Innovation for Missouri Project) helps your team identify where your strengths are in the improvement process and where additional skills, knowledge, and/or resources may be needed. It can be found in Work Together under ...
2018 CHR Measure Changes From 2017
This document summarizes the changes in ranked measures between 2017 and 2018. It can be found in Ranking Methods, under ...
CHR 2010-2018 Data Changes Summary
This document summarizes the changes in ranked measures for all releases from 2010 to 2018. It can be found in Ranking Methods, under ...
2018 CHR National Statistics
This document provides descriptive data for the County Health Rankings 2018 ranked measures and additional measures, including national statistics. It can be found in Ranking Methods, under ...
2018 CHR Additional Measures, Data Sources and Years
This document provides the data sources and years of data used for the 2018 additional measures. It can be found in Ranking Methods, under ...
2018 CHR Measures, Data Sources and Years
This document provides the data sources and years of data used for the 2018 ranked measures. It can be found in Ranking Methods, under ...
What Do You Want? Choosing a Local Policy Goal
This tool (from M+R) provides a set of criteria to help groups select a policy or systems change goal for their community. You can use this tool to facilitate meaningful discussion and decision-making that is grounded in a specific set of criteria.
Community Benefit Insight
The Community Benefit Insight website (from RTI International and the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The George Washington University) provides data to the public on non-profit hospital community benefit spending. You can use this resource to discover what’s happening locally or nationally and to compare spending across hospitals. You can find this resource in the...