Tools & Resources

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27-9-3 Tool: Developing Your Persuasive Message

This tool (from M + R) describes a process for creating powerful, succinct, messages—no more than 27 words, delivered in nine seconds, containing just three (or fewer) ideas. It can be found in: Act on What's Important under...

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Collaboration Multiplier

This tool (from the Prevention Institute) can help you identify where you need additional expertise and resources.

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Community Health Partnerships: Tools and Information for Development & Support

This manual (from the National Business Coalition on Health) provides tools and information about establishing successful partnerships between public health and business leaders (p. 20). It can be found in Work Together under Recruit Diverse Stakeholders From Multiple Sectors.

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Effective Recruitment of Coalition Members

This tool (from M + R) helps you analyze “what’s in it for them?” when recruiting a new organization.

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Building a Contact List

Building a Contact List (from CHR&R) can help you target your outreach across sectors to people who have an investment in seeing improved health.

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Focus Group Analysis Guidance

This modifiable tool (from NACCHO) describes the Healthy!CapitalCounties (MI) plan for analyzing focus group data, including their overarching goal, coding procedures, and data organization plan.

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Quality of Life Survey

This tool (from NACCHO) is an example of a “Quality of Life” survey issued to residents of counties that are part of the East Central Kansas Public Health Coalition.

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Photovoice Tool

This modifiable tool (from NACCHO and East Central Kansas Public Health Coalition) describes Photovoice project guidelines for participants. It also contains example consent forms.

It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under...

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Healthy Livable Cattaraugus County Asset Survey

This tool (from Cattaraugus County (NY) Health Department) helped Cattaraugus County, N.Y. build a complete picture, gain some early wins, and move into a priority setting process that is engaging the community. It can be adapted by any community. It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under...

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Identifying Community Assets and Resources

This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides some specific techniques not only to help you identify community assets but ideas for how to use them as well. It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under Identify community assets and resources.