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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.
Holding Awards Ceremonies
This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides ideas for when and how to conduct recognition events.
Housing and Health - What’s the Connection and What Can You Do About It?
In this webinar we will explore why housing matters to our health and what our Rankings data tells us about housing in your community. We’ll also explore some of the strategies from What Works for Health that communities can use to improve housing. Then we’ll hear from Arthur Chaput from NeighborWorks Umpqua about how he and others led an exciting approach to improving housing and...
Housing as a Foundation for Good Health
The 2019 County Health Rankings take a closer look at how a secure, affordable home is a critical foundation for good health. In this webinar we explored the connection between housing and health and how where we live affects how well and how long we live. Sarah Norman, Director of Healthy Homes & Communities with NeighborWorks America, highlighted the ways in which partnerships among...
How Can We Help Our Grantees Strengthen Their Capacity for Evaluation?
This tool highlights suggestions from foundations, including assessing a foundation's own capacity for evaluation; encouraging a sense of ownership among grantees around the evaluation process; and combining group-based and one-on-one training. This link can be found in the Philanthropy &...
How Does Civic Participation Influence Health?
Evidence shows the more you get involved, the better your health.