Healthy Communities Tools & Organizations
Healthy Communities Guides, Reports and Tools
America's Promise Resources Page
Resources, tools and ideas to help local coalitions build capacity and deliver services. Includes steps for recruiting corporate partners.The Collaboration Primer: Proven Strategies, Considerations and Tools to Get You Started
Health Research and Educational Trust (24 pages) [2003]The Community Toolbox
Provides practical guidance for improving community health and development, with over 3,000 downloadable pages of specific, skill-building information on over 150 community topics.Evaluating Community-Based Partnerships
Health Research and Educational Trust, Issue Brief (12 pages) [2002]Handles for Organizing a Healthy Community
Fact Sheet of The Access ProjectHealthy Communities Articles and How-To's by Joe Flower
Introductory, historical and practical articles on healthy communities in the U.S. and internationally. Also see Joe's articles at ImagineWhatIf..Healthy Community Agenda, with the Seven Patterns of a Healthy Community
Coalition for Healthier Cities and Communities [2000]Healthy People in Healthy Communities, A Guide for Community Leaders
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion [June 1998]Hospitals Improve Health Through Community Building
Health Research and Educational Trust, Issue Brief (12 pages) [2002]Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Health Care
Health Research and Educational Trust (23 pages)The Role of Community-Based Participatory Research: Creating Partnerships, Improving Health
is a brochure released by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to provide leaders of community- and faith-based organizations with an overview of the issues involved in community-based participatory research.Social Medicine Portal
A showcase of the many aspects of social medicine and the incredible breadth of the movements inspired by it, i.e. community health, access issues, epidemiology, issues surrounding working conditions and poverty, etc.Sustaining Community Health: The Experience of Health Care System Leaders
VHA Health Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust (23 pages)Systems Thinking for Community Improvement
Health Forum/Accelerating Community Transformation (51 pages)
Statewide & Regional Healthy Communities Organizations
International Healthy Communities OrganizationsArkansas Dept. of Health - Hometown Health Improvement
California Healthy Cities and Communities Network
Colorado Center for Healthy Communities
Connecticut's Healthy Community Initiatives
Maine Network of Healthy Communities
Foundation for Healthy Communities (New Hampshire)
Healthcare Association of New York State
Healthy Carolinians (North Carolina)
Ohio Hospital Assosciation - Foundation for Healthy Communities
Texas Institute for Health Policy Research
Texas Statewide Health Coordinating Council
Texas State Strategic Health Partnership
communitybuilders.nsw (New South Wales, Australia)
International Healthy Cities Foundation
Onatrio Healthy Communities Coalition
Pan American Health Organization - Healthy Municipalities and Communities
Related Civic & Communities Movement Links
The American Communities Movement, National Civic Review, Vol. 90, Issue 4. Winter 2001
Asset-Based Community Development Institute
Focuses its efforts on the production of resources and tools for community builders involved in the process of capacity-based initiatives, helping them identify, nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets.Civic Practices Network
A learning collaborative and nonpartisan project bringing together a diverse array of organizations and perspectives within the new citizenship movement, and sharing a commitment to bring practical methods for public problem solving. See in particular CPN's Health Topic section.Corporation for Enterprise Development
Promotes asset-building strategies, primarily in low-income and distressed communities, that bring together community practice, public policy, and private markets.Global Community Initiatives
Helps communities move forward to achieve their vision for a healthy environment, a vibrant economy, good governance, and a sense of deep connection to their neighbors and the world.National Civic League
The National Civic League is dedicated to assisting diverse people in working collaboratively to develop civil society and to revitalize their communities and society. It adopts a particular emphasis on developing democratic processes and institutions which are inclusive and supportive of individual freedom, social justice, and the strengthening of broad based indicators of civic well-being.Redefining Progress
Generates and refines innovative policies and ideas that balance economic well-being, the environment, and social equity.Smart Growth Network
The Smart Growth Network recognizes connections between development and quality of life, and invests time, attention, and resources in restoring community and vitality to central cities and older suburbs. Smart growth provides a scaffold to ensure that community growth is well-managed and beneficial for all.Sustainable Communities Network
The Sustainable Communities Network works to produce communities that are more environmentally sound, economically prosperous, and socially equitable. It emphasizes the importance of environmental protection and seeking approaches to long term interrelated human and natural sustainability.
