Tools & Resources
What Works for Health
This tool (from CHR&R) can to help you find evidence-informed policies, programs, systems, and environmental changes that can make a difference locally.
Choosing Your Strategy
This tool (from CHR&R) provides suggested actions based on What Works for Health evidence ratings.
Take Action Cycle
Communities can work together to improve health by following the steps around the Take Action Cycle.
Website and Newsletter Templates
This tool includes language to help you publicize the County Health Rankings on your websites and in your newsletters.
Frequently Asked Evaluation Questions
This tool (from CHR&R) many commonly asked questions about evaluation with brief responses to each.
Developing a Plan for Advocacy
This tool (from Community Tool Box) reviews the key steps in planning an advocacy campaign.
Choosing an Advocacy Campaign Goal
This tool (from M + R) provides specific questions and criteria for narrowing your focus and selecting an advocacy campaign goal. It can be found in Act on What's Important under Learning...
Healthy Community Design
This website (from NACCHO) includes tools to help public health practitioners learn about or further their work on the connection between public health and the built environment.
THRIVE
This tool (from Prevention Institute) builds health and resilience in vulnerable environments. It can be found in the Public Health Professional and Advocate guide under...
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...