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Health and Well-Being
This tool is a portion of the National Quality Forum website where you can access reports that focus on measurement and tracking progress for population health. It can be found in Evaluate Actions under...
Health Care Equity: Tool Kit for a Winning Policy Strategy
This toolkit (from The Praxis Project) provides analytical frameworks, tools, and concepts, drawing on lessons from successful grassroots policy advocacy that effectively shifted emphasis from individual blaming (behavior change) to institutional accountability (policy change).
Health Care Leader Action Guide to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions
This tool (from Commonwealth Fund and Health Research and Education Trust) provides step-by-step instructions to analyze, evaluate, and amend your institution’s practices to reduce readmissions. It can be found in the Healthcare Professional and Advocate guide under...
Health Communicator's Social Media Toolkit
This is a tool (from CDC) that provides information on all forms of social media. It can be found in Act on What's Important under Learning and Resources.
Health Equity
This tool (from ASTHO) contains sample slide presentations and examples of how states are leading health equity efforts. It can be found in the Public Health Professional and Advocate guide under...
Health Gaps Report Discussion Guide
We introduced the Health Gaps Discussion Guide (CHR&R) in 2015 with our original state health gaps reports. The guide continues to offer important considerations and tips on how to bring together diverse stakeholders to continue a conversation on health gaps, and how to create a safe space for dialogue.
Health Gaps Reports
These reports (from CHR&R) help answer the question: Why is there so much difference in the health of residents in one county compared to other counties in the same state? The reports explore how wide gaps are throughout each state and what is driving those differences.
Health Impact Assessment Clearinghouse and Learning Information Center
This website (from UCLA School of Public Health) collects and disseminates information on health impact assessment (HIA) in the U.S.
It can be found in:
- the Community Development guide under...
Health Impact Project
This website (from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts) provides tools and resources designed to promote the use of health impact assessments (HIAs) as a decision-making tool for policymakers.
It can be found in:...
Health in All Policies: A Guide for State and Local Government
This tool (from The Public Health Institute) provides guidance to using collaborative approaches to improve population health by embedding health considerations into decision-making processes across a broad array of sectors. It can be found in the Government guide under...