Resources

Communication Planning Tool[Word-53.1KB]The Communication Planning Tool will help you plan paid, earned, partner, and digital/social media efforts over a 12 month period. Using this tool will help support and sustain program initiatives.

Community Health Media Center (CHMC)Online repository of tested advertisements and marketing materials about preventing obesity and chronic conditions produced by the Division of Community Health, other CDC divisions, and state and local health departments.

Success Stories Application Use this free online tool to share the health impact of your work in creating sustainable environmental changes that address tobacco-free living, healthy eating, active living, and preventive services.

Testing Core Community Health Messages with the Public[PDF-319KB]This executive summary of research findings details the Division of Community Health’s efforts to better understand how to effectively communicate with the public about community health and relevant issues.

Built Environment Assessment Tool ManualThis manual helps individuals measure the core features of the built environment that affect health in their community—especially walking, biking, and other types of physical activity—and the quality of those features.

Collaborating with Community Health Workers to Enhance the Coordination of Care and Advance Health Equity – Issue Brief[PDF-2.3MB]This brief examines how community health workers (CHW) can help address rising health care costs and poor health among underserved communities. It describes CHWs, their work settings, and the services that they provide and offers guidance on how public health practitioners can collaborate with CHWs to better coordinate health care and advance health equity.

Practitioner’s Guide for Advancing Health EquityThis resource helps communities address disparities by making improvements where people live, learn, work, and play. It discusses skills and strategies for tobacco-free living, healthy food and beverages, and active living.

An Introduction to Impact Investing in Public Health[PDF-1.18MB]This document introduces health departments and health-promoting community organizations, nonprofits, and businesses to impact investing terms, concepts, examples, and resources. It is a starting point for exploring impact investments as a tool for diversifying funding sources and improving sustainability.

Planning for and Selecting High-Impact Interventions to Improve Community Health – A Guide to Applying Logic Models to Community Health Interventions[PDF-1.59MB]This guide will help community health planning coalitions and other planning groups to use logic models to identify high-impact, evidence-based interventions to improve community health.

Sustainability Guide[PDF–44M]This Guide provides science- and practice-based evidence to help public and community health professionals develop a sustainability plan and learn key sustainability approaches.

Community Health Online Resource Center (CHORC)This database of resources provides practice-based tools that support environmental improvements in communities. Resources include webinars, toolkits, guides, fact sheets, and other practical materials.