Community Health Assessments
Community Health Assessment and Improvement Toolkit
- About the Toolkit
- Getting Started
- Phase 1: Initiate Action
- Phase 2: Organize for Impact
- Phase 3: Sustain Action and Impact
More about Community Health Assessments
Trainings
Rapid Needs Assessments Training Series
Overview | Methodology | Technology | Analysis
These trainings provide an overview of rapid needs assessments and their use in public health incident management. (Source: NCIPH)
Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
This training module is one of six trainings included the Introduction to Public Health in North Carolina training series and provides an overview of the factors that influence health and health-related behavior, and addresses differences in health status known as health disparities. (Source: NCIPH; Length: 30 minutes.)
Resources
Primary Data Collection
- Community Health Opinion Survey Template (NC DPH)
- Community Health Opinion Survey Template in Spanish (NC DPH)
- 2 Stage Cluster Sampling (NCIPH)
- Guide to Sampling (NCIPH)
- Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) (CDC)
- Small Group Discussion Guide (NC DPH)
Secondary Data Collection
- Community Health Assessment Secondary Data and Recommended Sources (NC DPH)
- Secondary Data Resources in North Carolina (NCIPH)
- Summary of North Carolina Health Information Data Sources, Excel file (NCIPH)
- Data Analysis and Interpretation (NC DPH)
Health Outcomes and Determinants
- Resource of Most Frequently Recommended Health Outcomes and Determinants (CDC)
- Social Determinants of Health Tool, Word document (Bay Area Regional Health)
Asset Mapping
- Asset Mapping Tool (Healthy! Capital Counties, MI)
- Asset Mapping Tool, Word document (Healthy! Capital Counties, MI)
