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Public Health Accreditation Board Standards and Measures
This tool (from the Public Health Accreditation Board) provides all of the standards and measures for a state, local, or tribal health department to meet in order to achieve accreditation.
Putting Community in Collective Impact
This article (from Collective Impact Forum) describes five key characteristics of civic culture or community rhythms that help explain why some communities move faster and others slower when it comes to change. It can be found in Work Together under...
Putting It All Together: Creating and Working with a Budget Document
This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides guidance that can help you manage finances, including five steps for analyzing and adjusting a budget, and steps for creating a budget document.
Quality of Life Survey
This tool (from NACCHO) is an example of a “Quality of Life” survey issued to residents of counties that are part of the East Central Kansas Public Health Coalition.
Quality Tools
This tool (from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) is a compilation of practical tools for assessing, measuring, promoting, and improving the quality of healthcare, updated regularly with new innovations and tools. It can be found in the Healthcare Professional and Advocate...
Racial Equity Impact Assessment
A Racial Equity Impact Assessment (REIA) examines how different racial and ethnic groups will likely be affected by a proposed action or decision. REIAs are used to minimize unanticipated adverse consequences in a variety of contexts, including the analysis of proposed policies, institutional practices, programs, plans and budgetary decisions.
Racism as a Public Health Crisis
It was an honor to share a virtual space with so many of you on November 5 and November 12 as we continue a shared pursuit of how to address the presence of systemic racism and its impact on public health in our communities. There was an abundance of terrific conversations, and there were many amazing resources shared!
Racism as a Public Health Crisis: Three Responses
States, counties, and cities across the country are answering the call by declaring racism as a public health crisis or emergency, which is an important first step in the movement to advance racial equity and justice. We have collected stories from some of these communities to lift up why they took this bold step, and how they plan to hold themselves accountable to action.
Readiness Assessment-Collective Impact
This readiness assessment (from Collective Impact Forum) is designed to a help groups consider whether the collective impact approach is right for their social issue and whether the conditions are in place for the initiative to succeed.
Recognizing Goal Attainment Checklist
This tool (from Community Tool Box) can guide you in celebrating partial victories as well as long term goal success.