Tools & Resources
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...
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.
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.
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...