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Board Trainings
The NC Institute for Public Health provides both orientation training and ongoing training for local public health governing boards in North Carolina. Learn more.
Board-Specific Information and Tools
Open Meetings
- Open Government (NC Department of Justice)
- Open Meetings – Questions and Answers (NC Department of Justice)
- UNC School of Government Trainings and Resources on Open Meetings
- Suggested Rules of Procedure for Small Local Government Boards (UNC SOG)
- Local Government Board Builder Series (UNC SOG)
Governance
- Health Center Board Education Videos (National Association of Community Health Centers)
- Corporate Responsibility and Health Care Quality: A Resource for Health Care Boards of Directors
- Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Compliance: A Resource for Health Care Boards of Directors
- Cultivate a Culture of Compliance with Health Care Laws – A Toolkit for Health Care Boards
- Tools and Resources for Non-Profit Boards (BoardSource)
Robert’s Rules of Order
- Robert’s Rules of Order (City of Portland, Oregon)
- Roberts Rules of Order – Simplified (VA Division for the Aging)
Consolidated Agency Boards
- Resources for Consolidated Human Services Agencies (UNC SOG)
- Map of NC Local Public Health Agencies and Boards (UNC SOG)
Public Health Law
- NC Commission for Public Health
- NC Environmental Management Commission
- UNC School of Government NC Public Health Law Resources
- NC General Statutes
- NC Office of Administrative Hearings
- Network for Public Health Law – Southeastern Region
- Public Health Law Center
What is Public Health?
- Discover – What is public health? (Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health)
- The Public Health System and the 10 Essential Public Health Services (CDC)
- Public Health: 5 Priorities (US Health Resources and Services Administration)
- Operational Definition of a Functional Local Health Department (NACCHO)
- Introduction to Public Health in NC Training Series (NCIPH)
Public Health Data/Health Indicators
- America’s Health Rankings (United Health Foundation)
- Sources for NC Health Data (CareShare Health Alliance)
- Facts and Figures – Statistics and Publications by Topic (NC DHHS)
- NC State Center for Health Statistics
- Health Data Tools and Statistics (Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce)
- HealthData.gov
- County Health Rankings (University of WI / RWJ Foundation)
- NC Division of Public Health – Healthy North Carolina 2020: A Better State of Health
- US DHHS – Healthy People 2020
NC Public Health Agencies and Organizations
- Association of North Carolina Boards of Health
- Community Care of North Carolina
- NC Association of Local Health Directors
- NC Community Health Center Association
- NC Division of Public Health (NC DPH)
- NC Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS)
- NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NC DENR)
- NC Institute of Medicine
- NC Public Health Association
- NC Public Health Foundation
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems
Public Health Accreditation
- North Carolina Local Health Department Accreditation (NCLHDA)
- Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB)
- Accreditation Preparation & Quality Improvement (NACCHO)
- Accreditation Resources for Boards of Health (NALBOH)
- National Voluntary Accreditation for Public Health Departments (CDC)
Community Health Assessments & Community Health Improvement Planning
- Community Health Assessment Guidance (NC DPH)
- Technical Assistance for CHAs (NCIPH)
- Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning (NACCHO)
- Community Health Assessment and Improvement Toolkit (NCIPH)
- Community Health Improvement Navigator (CDC)
- Healthy Carolinians Partnership Support (CareShare Health Alliance)
- Resources for Implementing the Community Needs Assessment Process (CDC)
- A Blueprint of the Future for Local Public Health Departments in North Carolina (2013 Report)
Evidence-Based Public Health
- Improving North Carolina’s Health: Applying Evidence for Success (NC Institute of Medicine)
- The Guide to Community Preventive Services
Quality Improvement
- National Public Health Performance Standards Program
- NC Public Health Quality Program
- Quality Improvement (NACCHO)