PH 420-Community Health Assessment Resources

Supplemental Course Resources
General Public Health Websites

Supplemental Course Resources

These are materials available at various Internet web sites that supplement and extend the material in the various courses in this series. A few of these resources require special software such as the Adobe Acrobat reader to view files that are in the PDF format or the latest version of RealPlayer for audio-visual materials such as video clips. If you need to, you may obtain the latest Adobe Acrobat reader and/or RealPlayer software at no cost by clicking on the following images:

PH 420 Course Series (PH 421-427)

Community Toolbox. University of Kansas
Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN). Illinois Department of Public Health.
Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP). National Association of County and City Health Officials
MAPP Field Guide, A Strategic Approach to Community Health Improvement (in PDF format) National Association of County and City Health Officials
Needs Assessment in Public Health: A Practical guide for Students and Processionals. Peterson DJ and Alexander GR. New York NY; Kluwer; 2001
Public Health Competency Handbook. Nelson J and Essian J.
Setting Health Priorities and Establishing Objectives. Healthy People 2010 Toolkit; Public Health Foundation

PH 421: What Is Community Health Assessment?

APEX-PH. National Association of County and City Health Officials
Developing a Community Plan. Community Tool Box; University of Kansas

PH 422: Applying Informatics to Community Health Assessment

Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (BRFSS). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (BRFSS). Illinois Department of Public Health
Collecting Information about the Problem. Community Tool Box; University of Kansas
Community Health Status Assessment. (MAPP); NACCHO
Public Health Informatics: Improving and Transforming Public Health in the Information Age (in PDF format). Yasnoff WA, O'Carroll PW, Koo D, Linkins RW, Kilbourne EM

PH 423: Assessing Community Assets and Capacity

Chicago Department of Health Web site
Community Engagement: Definitions and Organizing Concepts from the Literature (Chapter 1 in Principles of Community Engagement). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Community Health Systems Assessment. (MAPP); NACCHO
Understanding and Describing the Community. Community Tool Box; University of Kansas
Identifying Community Assets and Resources
National Public Health Performance Standards Program Instruments (State, Local and Governance Instruments). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Public Health Performance Standards Online Technical Assistance Tools and Resources. Public Health Foundation

PH 424: Community Risk and Protective Factors

Community Themes and Strengths. (MAPP); NACCHO
Conducting Focus Groups. Community Tool Box; University of Kansas
Improving Health in the Community: a Role for Performance Monitoring (Executive Summary). Institute of Medicine.
Leading a Community Dialog. Community Tool Box; University of Kansas

PH 425: Community Agenda Setting

Analyzing Community Problems. Community Tool Box; University of Kansas
Analyzing Root Causes of Problems. Community Tool Box; University of Kansas
Identify Strategic Issues. (MAPP); NACCHO
IPLAN PowerPoint presentation. Illinois Department of Public Health
Preventive Services (including The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Setting Health Priorities and Establishing Objectives. Healthy People 2010 Toolkit; Public Health Foundation
Talking about Risk and Protective Factors Related to Community Issues. Community Tool Box; University of Kansas
The Guide to Community Preventive Services. Task Force on Community Preventive Services

PH 426: Community Problem Solving

Action Cycle. (MAPP); NACCHO
Forces of Change. (MAPP); NACCHO
Plan for Public Health Systems Change, Chapter 1: The Vision; Chapter 2: The Partnership Process; Chapter 4: Assessment of the Public Health System; Chapter 5: PHFI Priorities for Systems Change, Public Health Futures Illinois, 2000, online at http://app.idph.state.il.us/phfi
Preventive Services (including The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
SWOT Analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats. Community Tool Box; University of Kansas
The Guide to Community Preventive Services.Task Force on Community Preventive Services
Working Together for Healthier Communities: A Framework for Collaboration. Community Tool Box; University of Kansas
Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

PH 427: Community Engagement

Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health
Organizing for Success: Partnership Development at (MAPP); NACCHO
Partnership Self-Assessment Tool. CACSH, New York Academcy of Medicine
Principles of Community Engagement. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study of Partnership Functioning and Partnership Evaluation questionnaires
Training for Conflict Resolution. Community Tool Box; University of Kansas
Visioning. (MAPP); NACCHO

General Public Health Websites

Public Health Search and Gateway Sites:

Public Health and Medical Organization Sites:

Federal Health Agencies:

Selected State and Local Public Health Agencies:

Health Data and Information Sites:

Community Health Tool Box
Healthy People 2010 Toolkit
Healthy People 2010 home page (data for HP 2010 objectives available here)
Healthy People 2000 home page
Health U.S. 2002 Web Site (Health US 2002 available here)
U.S. Census data
CDC's Mortality & Morbidity Weekly Reports
National Center for Health Statistics
CDC WONDER
IPLAN data set (Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs)
Data on Chicago community areas
Catalog of local and Illinois data sets
Catalog of national data sets
MMWR tables for specific weeks and reporting areas

Other Sites:

Community Health Assessment Series Resources last revised July 25, 2005 (dkapadia)