This 45-hour, online course was designed for public health practitioners and decision makers who want to develop or improve their ability to lead a health impact assessment of public policies that involves working with partners from multiple sectors.
This free, six to 12 hour course is designed using case studies to teach public health practitioners how to conduct a health impact assessment (HIA). The course was developed by the National Health Service in Scotland, which has produced an impressive eLearning program of study.
This free, skill-building course teaches why and how to conduct a health equity impact assessment (HEIA), and gives learners opportunities to complete up to five HEIA templates – a tool designed by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – based on five case studies.
This free, eight-part series of online courses (30 to 45 minutes each) helps learners build the skills they need to support community health assessment and health improvement work.
Liberating structures are processes that “include and unleash everyone.” At the NCCDH, we have found these processes to be of great benefit in fostering people’s commitment and energy, and bringing everyone into the work that will lead us to greater health equity.
Confounded by how to address the upstream causes of health inequities within your practice? NACCHO’s Handbook for action provides public health practitioners with the concepts, methods and tools to address the root causes of health inequities.
Are you working with your community? Find guidance about how to design community engagement processes and assess impact.
Find resources and connect with others working in health promotion on The Community Tool Box. This is a website with more than 7,000 pages of practical guidance about how to engage with your community to create positive change and improve health and well-being.
While research is growing about effective ways to improve health equity, action lags behind. This resource describes six knowledge to action models that can help you translate evidence in a way that promotes and supports action on the social determinants of health.
Community-based, participatory research is a change strategy that involves citizens and researchers, equitably. This report outlines eight promising practices drawn from American experiences, presents six case studies, and directs the reader to dozens of tools and resources.
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