LibGuides at the CDU Health Sciences Library: Public Health: Planning and Evaluating Programs in the Community

Community Health Agencies and Groups

HealthyPeople.gov
Science-based objectives for improving the nation's health. Each ten-year cycle sets benchmarks and monitors progress across all segments of society. Follow this link to see the results from the Healthy People 2020 surveys and preview the plans for the 2030 programs.
NACCHO : National Association of County & City Health Officials
Describes public health interventions in communities across the country. Includes tools and links to other sites.
Healthy Communities Program
A Program of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Includes links to outside initiatives and tools fro public health professionals.
Community, Health Outcomes and Intervention Research Program (CHOIR)
An example of a local program, at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

MAP-IT: A Guide To Using Healthy People 2020 in Your Community
Describes the steps in devising a program for implementing Healty People 2020 goals. Links to lots of resources on the web.
The Community Guide : The Guide to Community Preventive Services
Evidence-based recommendations for community interventions in a variety of health care settings.
Community Health Assessment and Group Evaluation (CHANGE) : Tool and Action Guide
This downloadable tool guides the process of community research.
Community Health Online Resource Center
Search all of the resources in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Community Tool Box
A step-by-step guide for community organizing. From the University of Kansas.
Community Health Status Indicators
Get county-level data on a variety of health indicators. Compare a county to its peers and national statistics. From the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Improving Public Health Practice in Communities by Thiruvengadam Muniraj
Chapter 26 in Joann G. Elmore; Dorothea Wild; David L. Katz; Heidi D. Nelson, Jekel's Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Preventive Medicine, and Public Health, 5th ed., Elsevier, 2020.
Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services by David D. Celentano; Moyses Szklo
Chapter 17 in David D. Celentano; Moyses Szklo, Gordis Epidemiology. 6th ed., Elsevier, 2019.