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User’s Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning
This tool (from Harvard Family Research Project) provides a step-by-step process for evaluating advocacy/policy initiatives.
Using the tools of democracy for better health
There’s a growing body of evidence that shows that people living in areas with structural barriers, such as laws that restrict voter eligibility, registration and opportunities to participate, have lower voter turnout and shorter life expectancy. In our second episode, hosts Beth Silver and Ericka Burroughs-Girardi are joined by Daniel Dawes, executive director of the Institute of Global Health Equity at Meharry Medical College, and the founder of the political determinants of health framework. Dawes discusses how the political determinants have shaped communities’ ability to define and address public problems. Dr. Peniel Joseph, an author, professor and founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at The University of Texas at Austin, also joins the conversation to provide examples of how tools of democracy — historical and present — have shaped where we are today.
Value Based Purchasing Guide
This website (from National Business Coalition on Health) provides access to a guide that can assist your company in learning more about and designing your employee health benefits in a way that increases value through employees' wellness activities, chronic disease management, and incentives for providers to provide higher quality care.
Video Facilitation Guide
This guide offers reflection questions and tips for a facilitated conversation about a video or film.
Visualizing the Data
Visualizing the Data provides a guide to maps and other ways of interpreting data. It is part of the Use the Data tool.
Walkability Checklist
This tool (from U. S. Department of Transportation) provides a checklist for assessing the walkability of your community. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Website and Newsletter Templates
This tool includes language to help you publicize the County Health Rankings on your websites and in your newsletters.
What Counts
What Counts (from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Urban Institute) outlines opportunities and challenges for the strategic use of data to reduce poverty, improve health, expand access to quality education, and build stronger communities. It can be found in the Community Development...
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.
What Drives Health
This tool (from RWJF) discusses how social factors like education, income, work, and housing can affect health directly and indirectly. It can be found in Focus on What's Important under ...