Tools & Resources
What Drives Health
This tool (from RWJF) discusses how social factors like education, income, work, and housing can affect health directly and indirectly. It can be found in Focus on What's Important under ...
Defining and Analyzing the Problem
This tool (from Community Tool Box) includes guidance to help communities define a problem and determine whether an identified problem is a priority. It can be found in Focus on What's Important under Prepare to...
Developing Facilitating Skills
This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides an overview of what facilitation skills are and why they’re important. This section also covers three basic parts of facilitation: the process of the meeting, skills and tips for guiding the process, and preventing and dealing with disrupters.
Priority Setting Process Checklist
This tool (from The Health Communication Unit) presents a priority-setting checklist that can be used as you prepare for a priority-setting process, or as a reflection tool, after you’ve determined your priorities. The checklist considers data gathering, meaningful stakeholder participation, time, resources, and decision making.Prioritizing Issues Exercise
This tool (from Healthy People 2020) is a two-page exercise designed to help the group decide on which issue(s) to focus.
Analyzing Root Causes of Problems: The "But Why?" Technique
This tool (from Community Tool Box) discusses what a root cause analysis is, why and when it’s useful, and how it works.
Guide to Prioritization Techniques
This tool (from NACCHO) describes five prioritization methods: Multivoting, Strategy grids, Nominal group technique, the Hanlon method, Prioritization matrix. Each sub-section includes step-by-step instructions on implementation followed by examples illustrating practical applications.
Strategic Issues Overview
This tool (from NACCHO) is an overview of the phase of the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) process, during which participants develop an ordered list of the most important issues facing the community. This step-by-step overview will help users prepare for and begin distilling the mix of issues that demand attention. It can be found in...
Public Health Accreditation Board Standards and Measures
This tool (from the Public Health Accreditation Board) provides all of the standards and measures for a state, local, or tribal health department to meet in order to achieve accreditation.
Communicating Information About Community Health and Development Issues
This tool (from Community Tool Box) explains why communicating information about community health is important, how to communicate effectively, and makes suggestions about to whom you should communicate.