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Healthier Worksite Initiatives
This website (from CDC) provides research reports and toolkits on a variety of worksite initiatives including healthy eating, nutrition, lacatation support, preventive services, and healthy choices. It can be found in Business under Act on What's Important.
Healthy Community Design
This website (from NACCHO) includes tools to help public health practitioners learn about or further their work on the connection between public health and the built environment.
Healthy Counties Initiative
This site provides tools and resources (from National Association of Counties) to assist local elected officials with policy development and adoption on a number of health related issues including park development, food access, land planning, and transportation. It can be found in the Government guide...
Healthy Food Access Portal
This tool (from Policy Link) is a resource to identify strategies and funding to increase access to healthy foods in your community, including linkages to funding strategies. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Healthy Food Financing Initiative
This tool (from U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) is a financing strategy to support healthy food access. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Healthy Home Rating System
This tool (from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) is a qualitative rating tool that measures health and safety hazards in homes and neighborhoods that pose a risk to residents. The results of the rating system can be used as a call to action to improve hazards. It can be found in the ...
Healthy Homes Initiative
This tool (from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) is an initiative to address health hazards, such as mold, dust, lead, radon and other allergens or toxins in housing. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Healthy Livable Cattaraugus County Asset Survey
This tool (from Cattaraugus County (NY) Health Department) helped Cattaraugus County, N.Y. build a complete picture, gain some early wins, and move into a priority setting process that is engaging the community. It can be adapted by any community. It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under...
Hernando, MS
The 2011 County Health Rankings classified Desoto County as the healthiest county in Mississippi for health outcomes and the fifth-healthiest county for health factors, with lower unemployment rates, higher education rates and greater access to healthy food compared to the rest of the state. Yet much more work needs to be done to improve the health of Desoto County, as one-third of its adults are obese and Mississippi, overall, has the highest obesity rates in the nation.
Historygram Process
The Historygram Process (from SMART Learning Systems) helps groups capture what community partners want to keep, start, and stop doing. It also celebrates different perspectives from the community.