Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs
IPLAN Process
Step 2 Tools: Convening the Health Committee
Working Together for Healthier Communities: A Framework for Collaboration Among Community Partnerships, Support Organizations and Funders Tools and Checklist (University of Kansas)
Link:
http://ctb.ku.edu/tools/EN/sub_section_tools_1381.htm
Description:
Tool #1: Working together: A table of roles and responsibilities in community work, lets you look at each partner's unique role in relation to the work done by other partners. Tool #2 Working together: A proposed "Memorandum of Collaboration", links you to other "how-to" sections within the Community Tool Box that may be useful in carrying out each of the seven key elements for effective community work.
What is Collaborative Leadership in Public Health (Turning Point)
Link:
http://www.turningpointprogram.org/Pages/leaddev.html
Description:
Started in 1997, Turning Point created a network of 23 state partners and five National Excellence Collaborative to transform and strengthen the public health system in the United States. Although the program has closed, many of its products are archived on this site and are still available for download and use.
Community Building through Convening (Island County Public Health WA)
Link:
http://www.islandcounty.net/health/convene.htm
Description:
This document covers the history and philosophy of convening, including definitions, types of convening, procedure planning and, moderating. Published in 1997.
Facilitating Meetings: A Guide for Community Planning Groups (Academy for Educational Development)
Link:
http://www.aed.org/Approaches/Training/CompletePubs.cfm
Description:
This 54 page guide is intended to assist community planning group (CPG) co-chairs, committee chairs, members, and external facilitators in preparing for and facilitating CPG meetings. Published in 2001
Community Engagement Course PH 427 (Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center)
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Description:
This is a 10 hour, free, online course that addresses principles for community engagement, indentifying barriers to community participation and how to overcome them, strategies to select and engage communities of interest, strategy to develop community partnerships for assessment and planning, and utilizing team work, conflict resolution and key stake holds in community partnership. It was created by the Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center and is part of the Public Health Administration (PH 450) course series. These courses can be taken separately and in any sequence desired. The overall PH 450 series provides an introduction to public health management and administration by examining the purpose, history, organization, functions, tools, activities and results.
Cultural Competency UNC 427a (University of North Carolina)
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Description:
This 1/2 hour course offered by the Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill provides an overview of Cultural Competency. The course includes an audio tutorial. A certificate of completion is provided by UNC.
Community Partnerships and Perspectives- Intermediate Level (Public Health Foundation)
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Description:
This course emphasizes community partnership as a major educational approach to addressing health problems. The course covers elements of community partnering including diversity and other challenges; identifying the roles of the public health practitioner, stakeholder recruitment, assessment and agenda setting.
Community Partnerships and Perspectives- Advanced Level (U. S. Florida KMi's eLMS)
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Description:
This four hour online course is a continuation of the intermediate course, ideally taken soon after the intermediate level course. The course will explore methods for identifying and analyzing community health problems and their causes. The course stresses community organization skills and their application.
Building Effective Community Partnerships (Institute for Educational Leadership)
Link:
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/resources/files/toolkit1final.pdf
Description:
This 40 page document provides links to other resources, case studies and other tools to help increase the capacity of reform projects with multiple partners. This toolkit is designed to provide ideas and linkages to other resources that will increase the capacity of demonstration projects engaged in systemic reform efforts to bring together organizations and individuals, develop shared goals, and implement strategies to achieve them. It offers case study examples and a variety of tools communities may want to use as they consider plans for implementing, monitoring and institutionalizing these strategies based upon the opportunities and needs of the community.
Public Health Work Group: Consensus Recommendations for Comprehensive Community Health Coalitions (Maine Department of Health and Human Services)
Link:
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/boh/PHWG.CCHC.Definition.Functions.Competencies.PerfStandards
Description:
This nine page document is part of Maine's Public Health Work Group which aims to plan for the development and implementation of a statewide public health infrastructure for the purpose of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public health delivery using existing resources. The document is an outline of how to improve health conditions in a community through consensus. Published in 2006.
A Methodology for Monitoring and Evaluating Community Health Coalitions
Link:
http://communityhealth.ku.edu/publications/pdf/R02.pdf
Description:
This 14 page paper describes a case study using a methodology for monitoring and evaluating community health coalitions. This includes eight key measures of coalition process and outcome: the number of members, planning products, financial resources generated, dollars obtained, volunteers recruited, services provided, community actions and community changes. Illustrative data are presented for two different community health coalitions. Finally, challenges and opportunities in evaluating community coalitions are discussed. Source: Health Education Research, Vol 8, no 3, 1993, pages 403-416. V.T. Francisco, A.L. Paine, S. B. Fawcett.
Related tools:
Keep It Going (US Department of Human Services: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation)
Link:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/ezec/mobilizing/keepgoing.htm#tools
Description:
This tool will help you find partners that will be involved and interested in the initiative long after the initial fanfare has died down. The best partners are those that have something to offer, share a common goal and have built up trust with the other members of the initiative.
Collaboration Primer: Proven Strategies, Considerations and Tools to Get You Started. (Health Research and Educational Trust)
Link:
http://www.hret.org/hret/programs/content/colpri.pdf
Description:
The Program has provided HRET an opportunity to examine and learn from the field what successful collaboration takes. Within this 24 page guide we share: Ways to think about the degree to which you’re ready to collaborate; Nuts-and-bolts as well as more abstract elements of the partnership that help make it successful; A checklist of questions and issues to consider before embarking on a collaborative arrangement; Examples of model collaborative to help you visualize what your collaborative may look like, given the resources in your community; A tool to assess the status of your collaborative effort, identifying areas of strength and areas for improvement. Published 2003.
Engaging the Community Tip Sheet (NACCHO)
Link:
http://www.naccho.org/toolbox/tool.cfm?id=1321
Description:
This five-page document explores the principles and challenges of community engagement and provides tips for successfully achieving a community-driven MAPP process.
Healthy People 2010 Toolkit: Identifying & Engaging Community Partners (Healthy People 2010)
Link:
http://www.healthypeople.gov/state/toolkit/08Partners2002.pdf
Description:
This is a 14 page document including Action Checklist, Tips, Process in Action: Examples from the Field, Defining Meaningful Citizen Participation, Potential Partners, Partnership Agreements, and Consortium Pledge.