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Community Health Improvement Navigator
The CDC Community Health Improvement Navigator (CHI Navigator) is a website for people who lead or participate in CHI work within hospitals and health systems, public health agencies, and other community organizations. It offers community stakeholders expert-vetted tools and resources for: Depicting visually the who, what, where, and how of improving community health...
Community Health Living Index
This website (from The Y) includes a set of five community assessment tools that measure opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating and facilitate discussion about how to improve the community environment to increase opportunities for healthy living.
Community Health Needs Assessment: chna.org
This tool (from Community Commons and other partners) is a free web-based platform designed to assist hospitals and organizations seeking to better understand the needs and assets of their communities and to collaborate to make measurable improvements in community health and well-being. It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources...
Community Health Partnerships: Tools and Information for Development & Support
This manual (from the National Business Coalition on Health) provides tools and information about establishing successful partnerships between public health and business leaders (p. 20). It can be found in Work Together under Recruit Diverse Stakeholders From Multiple Sectors.
Community Health Scorecard Overview
This tool (from Heartland Health) outlines the benchmarks Heartland Health (St. Joseph, MO) uses to measure progress. You can consider these benchmarks as examples.
Community health workers
Engage professional or lay health workers to provide education, referral and follow-up, case management, home visiting, etc. for those who experience barriers in accessing health care; also called promotoras(es) de salud or community health representatives
Community Health Workers' Role in Advancing Equity
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are taking a larger role in patient-centered care and community health. Yet, questions remain around the scope of their work, licensure requirements, and available funding sources to build a capable workforce. In this webinar, we will clarify their work and explore their role in advancing equity.
Community kitchens for food processing
Establish shared kitchen spaces that support licensed, commercial food processing and connect specialty food processors, farmers, and others who produce value-added goods
Community kitchens for nutrition education
Use existing kitchen spaces for community members to share knowledge, resources, and labor to prepare, cook, and consume food, often with nutrition education provided for participants experiencing food insecurity
Community land trusts
Purchase the land a home is on to lease to homeowners with low and middle incomes and require homeowners to sell the home back to the trust or to another resident with low income upon moving