Tools & Resources

User’s Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning

This tool (from Harvard Family Research Project) provides a step-by-step process for evaluating advocacy/policy initiatives.

Handbook of Data Collection Tools: A Companion to Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy

This tool (from Organizational Research Services) includes a number of tools for measuring advocacy and policy initiatives.

Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy

This tool (from Organizational Research Services) provides a framework for thinking differently about advocacy and policy work and directions for evaluation design.

Find it in Evaluate Actions under...

Developmental Evaluation Primer

This tool (from J.W. McConnell Family Foundation) provides guidance for conducting evaluation of innovative practices and strategies in changing, unpredictable environments. It can be found in Evaluate Actions under...

Choosing Your Strategy

This tool (from CHR&R) provides suggested actions based on What Works for Health evidence ratings.

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...

Guide for a Follow-Up Discussion

This example (from Laura Senier) illustrates how you can use the County Health Rankings in a course (to be used with the Example of a College Level Assignment)