Tools & Resources
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.
2014 CHR Additional Measures
This document provides the data sources, and years of data used for the 2014 additional measures.
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...
2014 CHR Data Comparability Across States
This document provides guidance for comparing measures across states.
2014 County Health Rankings - Healthy People 2020 Crosswalk
This document summarizes similarities with and differences between measures used in Healthy People 2020.
2014 County Health Rankings - 2013 America’s Health Rankings Crosswalk
This document summarizes similarities with and differences between measures used in America’s Health Rankings and the 2014 County Health Rankings.
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.