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Assessing Community Needs & Resources
This tool (from Community Tool Box) includes 21 sections mostly dedicated to different methods for collecting information (e.g., Conducting Focus Groups, Conducting Surveys, and Qualitative Methods to Assess Community Issues).
Avoiding Group Think
This tool (from Mind Tools) is a face-to-face process for gaining consensus where the group shares and discusses all issues before evaluation, with each group member participating equally in evaluation. It describes strategies for checking the fundamental assumptions behind important decisions, validating the decision-making process, and evaluating the risks involved.
Awareness Activities
These activities (from EdChange) address diversity, social identity, and cultural competence and include facilitation guidelines. This tool can be found in Work Together under Work Together to Advance Health Equity and under...
Back to School: New Meal Standards on the Menu
As another school year gets under way, more and more schools are adhering to new, ongoing federal school meal standards aimed at improving the health of children across the country. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act calls for districts to institute meal reforms, such as adding minimum amounts of fruits and vegetables...
Baldrige Performance Excellence Program
This site (from NIST) describes an award process for communities using “Total Quality” principles.
Be in the Know: How Healthy is Your Congressional District?
Did you know that you have the option to learn more about your community’s health by overlaying congressional districts on top of the County Health Rankings health outcomes and health factors maps?
Becoming a Line Item in the State Budget: Tool 1
This tool (from Community Tool Box) explains why becoming a line item should be a last resort.
Behind-The-Scenes Sneak Peak with Bridget Booske Catlin
Leading up to the launch of the 2012 County Health Rankings on April 3, NewPublicHealth.org will be running a series of posts and Q&As to explore what’s new for the Rankings and how local communities are using them. Below is an excerpt from the first Q&A of the series with Bridget Booske Catlin, PhD, MHSA, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Director.
Better Education = Healthier Lives
The Rankings recognize the strong correlation between higher educational attainment and improved health by measuring counties’ high school graduation rates and the percentage of adults (ages 25-44) with some post-secondary education.