Tools & Resources

Handbook of Data Collection Tools: A Companion to Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy

This tool (from Organizational Research Services) includes a number of tools for measuring advocacy and policy initiatives.

Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy

This tool (from Organizational Research Services) provides a framework for thinking differently about advocacy and policy work and directions for evaluation design.

Find it in Evaluate Actions under...

Developmental Evaluation Primer

This tool (from J.W. McConnell Family Foundation) provides guidance for conducting evaluation of innovative practices and strategies in changing, unpredictable environments. It can be found in Evaluate Actions under...

CCC Cancer Plan Implementation - Does your Coalition Have a Resource Plan?

This resource (from Strategic Health Concepts) provides great tips and examples for creating a Resource Plan.

What Works for Health Tutorial

What Works for Health provides communities with information to help select and implement evidence-informed policies, programs, and system changes that will improve the variety of factors we know affect health.

What Works for Health

This tool (from CHR&R) can to help you find evidence-informed policies, programs, systems, and environmental changes that can make a difference locally.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and United Health Foundation Award $700,000 in Community Health Grants to National Business Coalition on Health Members

Choosing Your Strategy

This tool (from CHR&R) provides suggested actions based on What Works for Health evidence ratings.

2013 CHR Measure Changes From 2012

This document summarizes the changes in ranked measures between 2012 and 2013.

2014 CHR Measures, Data Sources and Years

This document provides the data sources and years of data used for the 2014 ranked measures.