Many
organizations have created models for effectively
improving the health of a community or population. In general,
these models are quite similar. Like the model depicted here,
they emphasize:
Working together: Engaging community members and collaborating with all interested organizations (including public health, business, education, philanthropy and investors, nonprofits, community development, government, and healthcare)
Communicating efforts and findings to the community
Models for community health improvement describe a continuous cycle of community health improvement with steps like these:
Assess
Needs & Resources
Focus
on What’s Important
Choose
Effective Policies and Programs
Act
on What’s Important
Evaluate
Actions
Visit
theTable
of Resources
to download these documents that describe the steps and best
practices for community health improvement:
Improving
the Health of Local Communities: The Wisconsin Way:
an overview of the community health improvement model (also
included in the Wisconsin Guidebook above).
A Healthy Place to Live, Learn, Work, and Play: Understanding
Community Health Improvement Processes:
a PowerPoint presentation
on best
practices and resources for effective community health improvement.
Summary
of CHIPP Best Practices and Standards
including Wisconsin and national standards: state statutes, Public
Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) standards, and guidelines from the
Affordable
Care Act (ACA) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Links
to other community health improvement websites and resources:
The Wisconsin Division of Public Health Regional Offices provide technical assistance and training related to family and community health, communicable disease prevention and control, chronic disease prevention and health promotion, environmental health, and injury prevention. Guidance on planning, implementing and evaluating community health improvement initiatives, including data collection, is available.
