Resources with (G) indicate that resource is included in A Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit

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Assessing and Planning

Assessment — Planning/Models
Assessment — Data Sources
Assessment — Indicators
Assessment — Collecting Community Input
Assessment — Priority-Setting
Assessment — Communication/Reporting
Community Benefit Plan/Implementation Strategy
Program Planning
Community Relationships/Partnerships

Assessment — Planning/Models

• Action Guide, National Quality Forum. A framework to help multisector groups work together to improve population health.
• Checklist for Community Stakeholder Involvement
• CHNA Report Template (G)
• CHRISTUS Health CHNA and CHIP Checklist
• CHRISTUS Health CHNA and CHIP Process 
• Community Toolbox, Work Group for Community Health and Development, University of Kansas
• MAPP Framework, National Association of County and City Health Officials
• NACCHO's Resource Center for Community Health Assessments and Community Health Improvement Plans

Assessment — Data Sources

• America's Health Rankings  — Partnership between United Health Foundation, American Public Health Association, and Partnership for Prevention™. An annual assessment of the nation’s health on a state-by-state basis.
• CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index
• Census Data
  • State and County Quickfacts
  • American Factfinder
• City Health Dashboard
• Community Need Index™ — identifies the severity of health disparity for every zip code in the United States and demonstrates the link between community need, access to care, and preventable hospitalizations.
• County Health Rankings — a collection of 50 reports — one per state — that ranks all counties within each state on their overall health.
• Data on older adults
  • The National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS)
  • University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study
• Medically Underserved Areas/Populations, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
• National Center for Health Statistics online, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Neighborhood  Atlas's Area Deprivation Index
• State Snapshots, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Assessment — Indicators

• Community Health Assessment for Population Health Improvement: Resource of Most Frequently Recommended Health Outcomes and Determinants, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Community Health Status Indicators Project online, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Indicator Selection Tool, resource in CHA’s Assessing and Addressing Community Health Needs 
• Kids Count: Indicators of Child Well-Being, Annie E. Casey Foundation
• National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership
• Prevention Quality Indicators, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• State Health Facts, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Assessment — Collecting Community Input

• Community Engagement website, Minnesota Department of Health
• Community Assessment Guide Book, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Community Toolbox — see sections on public forums, focus groups, interviews and surveys.
• Meaningful Consumer Engagement, Community Catalyst. A toolkit for plans, providers and communities.

Assessment — Priority-Setting

• Setting Priorities: Linking Assessment to Planning webinar
  • View webinar recording
  • View PowerPoint

Assessment — Communication/Reporting

• Model Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Strategy Summaries, CHA, 2012
• Catholic health care system community benefit reports, Catholic Health Association website

Community Benefit Plan/Implementation Strategy

• Community benefit and healthy food: A national assessment — a resource from Health Care Without Harm that identifies opportunities and challenges for greater community benefit investment in healthy food access. It also probes examples of hospital-community collaborations that not only promote healthy food access but also help build thriving communities, strong local economies, and sustainable food systems.
• CDC Healthy Hospital Toolkit - A Toolkit for Creating Healthy Hospital Environments: Making Healthier Food, Beverage, and Physical Activity Choices
• ChangeLab Solutions — a resource for model policies, how-to guides, fact sheets and other policy tools to help communities enact laws and policies that promote healthy communities
• Consensus Statement on Quality in the Public Health System, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Implementation Strategy Report Template (G)
• National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• • SAMHSA Technical Assistance and Resource Booklet, 2015
• National Prevention Strategy, National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council, Office of the Surgeon General
• Prevention for a Healthier America: Trust for America's Health ROI report with state-specific information, February 2009.
• Priority Areas for Improvement of Public Health Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, November 2010.
• Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) website, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Resources for SDOH data, tools for action, programs, and policies.

Program Planning

• Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development - a registry of evidence-based positive youth development programs designed to promote the health and well-being of children and teens.
• Community Health Improvement Navigator (CHI Navigator), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  A tool that can be used to identify interventions that work in four areas —socioeconomic factors, physical environment, health behaviors, and clinical care. 
• Health in All Policies Resource Center, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A one-stop-shop that provides practical resources and tools for collaboration across sectors to achieve policies that impact community health.
• The Guide to Community Preventive Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: A Primer (4th Edition), by James F. McKenzie, Brad L. Neiger and Jan L. Smeltzer, Benjamin Cummings Publisher, 2004.
• Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) — an electronic journal that shares public health study results and practical experience.
• Program Planning Worksheet (G)
• Stop Obesity Alliance

Community Relationships/Partnerships

• National Quality Forum Action Guide 1.0 and related web page
• "Vision for a Healthy and Vibrant Community," Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department

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