Before implementation, it is important to identify measurable outcomes and choose intervention strategies that are evidence-based. Having measurable outcomes that are understood and shared by all stakeholders enables the collective efforts to be focused and aligned. Communities that use evidence-based strategies are more likely to see positive results, since those strategies are known to be effective.

Resources for Choosing Effective Policies and Programs:

Visit the Table of Resources to download these tools:

• Wisconsin Guidebook on Improving the Health of Local Communities: "Choose” section
  
  

• Compendium of Data for Action Planning and Evaluation: for gathering more specific data
  
  

• Objective with Focus: A Pick-List of Sample Objectives for Effective Implementation (with sample objectives for mental health, oral health, and physical activity & nutrition)
  
  

• Alcohol-Related Objectives with Focus: A Pick-List of Sample Objectives for Effective Implementation
  
  

• Template Implementation Plan: A Tool for Focused, Collaborative, Effective Action
  
  

 Links to other community health improvement websites:

• What Works? Policies and Programs to Improve Wisconsin’s Health

• The Community Guide: What Works to Promote Health
  
  

• National Prevention Strategy
  
  

• Healthy People 2020: MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track): Plan page
  
  

• County Health Rankings Action Center: Choose
  
  

• MAPP (Mobilizing for Action through Planning & Partnerships)
  
  

• Catholic Health Association USA (CHAUSA) "Assessing and Addressing Community Health Needs”: Section IV
  
  

• Community Tool Box (University of Kansas) – Part F: Analyzing Community Problems and Designing and Adapting Community Interventions
  
  

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