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Getting Started: Planning and Preparing for the Community Health Improvement Process

The CHA/CHIP Resource Center

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Additional Factors

This tab contains trainings and customizable tools on the following topics:

Internal and External Readiness
- Trainings
- Tools
Choosing Community Health Improvement Process Models/Frameworks
- Trainings
Developing a Community Health Improvement Vision
- Trainings
- Tools

For a complete list of additional, existing resources about planning and preparing for a community health improvement process, click here.

Internal and External Readiness

Trainings*

»	Training Presentation: Assessing Internal and External LHD Readiness
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Tools to Assist You with Internal and External Readiness

»	Recommendations of Characteristics for High-Quality Community Health Assessments and Community Health Improvement Plans
	The recommendations presented in the document describe the characteristics of a community health improvement process that yields a high-quality community health assessment (CHA) and community health improvement plan (CHIP), according to NACCHO. The recommendations are presented as a checklist to assist LHDs and others in tracking their efforts with particular attention to preparing for the Public Health Accreditation Board's accreditation program. Read more and visit the document here.

»	Tool- Meeting Availability Questionnaire
	This modifiable tool was developed by the Kittitas County Public Health Department (WA) and is a questionnaire asking meeting availability for their steering committee members. More »

»	Tool- Work Plan and Timeline
	These modifiable Gantt Chart tools serve as a guide for the community's community health improvement process timeline. Adjustments in timing and scope are made as necessary. Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department, TX Gallatin City-County Health Department, MT

»	Tool- Work Plan
	This modifiable tool was developed by the Kittitas County Public Health Department (WA) and is a timeline for their community health improvement process through the CHA/CHIP project. Adjustments in timing and scope are made as necessary. More »

»	Tool- Project Charter
	This modifiable tool is an example project charter created by one community for their community health improvement process. It describes the scope of work and roles and responsibilities of key partners. (Submitted by Kiittitas County Public Health Department, WA). More »

Community Health Improvement Process Models/Frameworks

Trainings*

»	Training Presentation: Introduction to Models/Frameworks
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»	Webinar Recording: Community Health Improvement Process Models/Frameworks: Finalizing Your Decisions and Considering Modifications
	This two hour webinar includes information on how to critically reflect on the fit of a chosen model/framework to a particular community''s situation, how to capitalize on strengths and address limitations of models/frameworks, and more. Watch the free archived recording of this webinar. Access the presentation slides.

Developing a Community Health Improvement Vision

Trainings*

»	Training Presentation: Developing a Community Health Improvement Vision
	Click here to access the presentation slides.

»	Webinar Recording: Next Steps in Developing a Community Health Improvement Vision for Action
	This 90 minute webinar discusses who from the community and local public health system should be involved in visioning, development of a plan for visioning, understanding potential tools and methods for developing a vision, examples of vision statements and case studies from LHD demonstration sites, and LHDs'' lessons learned in the visioning process. Watch the free archived recording of this webinar. Access the presentation slides.

Tools to Assist You in Developing a Community Health Improvement Vision

»	Example: Vision and Mission Statements
	The Central Valley Health District (ND) submitted this example vision and mission. More » The Kittitas County Health Department (WA) submitted their vision statement and list of community health values. More »

»	Exercise: Community Health Improvement Process Models and Frameworks
	Use this worksheet to ensure your community health improvement process considers certain aspects of a community health improvement process, regardless of your model/framework. More »

»	Tool: Visioning Questions
	These modifiable tools contain questions issued to the Steering Committee/Visioning Committee to prepare for the visioning session and were issued prior to their visioning meeting. Kittitas County Public Health Department (WA): More » Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department (TX): More »

»	Tool - Visioning Session Agenda
	This modifiable tool is an example agenda for one community's CHA/CHIP Visioning session (from Gallatin City-County Health Department (MT)). More »

»	Tool - Visioning and Forces of Change Assessment Presentation
	This modifiable presentation tool was created and used by one community to guide their visioning session and their Forces of Change Assessment session (from New Orleans Health Department (LA)). More »

*The training webinars and presentations posted in the CHA/CHIP Resource Center were developed for the 12 CHA/CHIP LHD Demonstration Sites as part of their training and technical assistance curriculum. They are included here as a resource for all LHDS.

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