Tools & Resources
What Works for Health Shortcut
Looking for a shortcut to effectively use What Works for Health, our tool to help you find evidence-informed policies, programs, systems, and environmental changes that can make a difference locally? We've added a new resource to help you do just that.
PHRASES Framing and Messaging Toolkit
This toolkit (from Public Health Reaching Across Sectors) provides evidence-based framing and messaging tools and strategies to help public health professionals communicate across sectors.
The Planner's Playbook: A Community-Centered Approach to Improving Health & Equity
The Planner’s Playbook: A Community-Centered Approach to Improving Health & Equity (from ChangeLab Solutions) provides guidance, resources, concrete steps, and examples for planners who wish to center equity in their planning practice, with the aim of producing communities of opportunity and prosperity for all.
SparkMap Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
This Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) tool, developed by the Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems (CARES) at the University of Missouri, supports users in assessing the health of their communities. Users can create custom data reports at the county-level using a wide range of indicators from many data sources, including the County Health Rankings.
Building Your Partnership's Capacity for Change
This guide (from CHR&R) provides tools and ideas that help you assess your partnership's strengths and capacity needs, and explore how to further maximize your existing network and build connections with those who believe in your mission and want to invest in your community.
Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health: A Checklist on Steps and Standards
This tool (from The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University) provides actionable guidance and checklists for completing a program evaluation process.
HealthEquityGuide.org
HealthEquityGuide.org (from Human Impact Partners) shows how health departments across the nation have taken a lead role in addressing equity. The site provides guidance, case studies, and resources to help local public health move equity work forward.
Understanding Resident Perspectives: A Guide for One-on-One Conversations
This tool, from M+R, provides a guide for one-on-one conversations with community members. One-on-one conversations with residents are a powerful way to begin to build trust and lay the foundation for longer-term engagement. You can find this tool in the following locations: ...
Peer Counties Methodology
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps and CDC's Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) have teamed up to offer an enhanced peer county comparison feature. Find and compare counties similar to yours based on key demographic, social, and economic indicators.
Additionally, this is the methodology for the County Health Rankings...