Tools & 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...
State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) Guidance and Resources
This tool (from ASTHO) provides step-by-step guidance, with examples from several states, for state leaders who are creating a SHIP. It can be found in the Public Health Professional and Advocate guide under...
Accreditation Preparation & Quality Improvement
This tool (from NACCHO) provides tools and links to resources to enhance quality improvement and prepare local health departments for public health accreditation. It can be found in the Public Health Professional and Advocate guide under...
Social Media Outreach Tips
This tool (from Burness) includes ways to use social media to communicate about the Rankings.
Action Toolkit: To Advance Health Equity
This toolkit (from Makers of Unnatural Causes) will assist organizations to use the series to educate, organize and advocate for changes that will make a difference to improve health equity.
Community Benefit in Context: Origins & Evolution
This tool (from The Hilltop Institute) describes the history of community benefits and the requirements for not-for-profit hospitals under the Affordable Care Act.
It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under Specific Assessment Requirements.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
This website features information about the many programs funded by RWJF, the largest philanthropy devoted to health in the U.S.
Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q)
This program (from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) is an effort to lift the overall quality of healthcare in targeted communities, reduce racial and ethnic disparities, and provide models for national reform. AF4Q asks the people who get care, give care, and pay for care to work together toward common, fundamental objectives to lead to better care. It can be found in the...
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...
Why Not the Best?
This tool (from Commonwealth Fund) is a resource for healthcare professionals interested in tracking performance on various measures of healthcare quality. It features maps, comparison indicators, tools for improvement and case studies. It can be found in the Healthcare Professional...