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Also look under the Information and Data section of our web site and DPL's Making Healthier Communities-Best Practices

• General Health Promotion Best Practice Sites
• Best Practices For Hot Topics and Populations
• Children, Youth and Families
• Improving Health by Impacting Policy
• Improving the Public Health System
• Health Care Access
• Mental Health and Violence
• Improving Neighborhoods, Communities & Environments
• Healthy Lifestyles-Obesity, Physical Activity, Tobacco

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General Health Promotion Best Practice Sites

• Denver Benchmarks Best Practices Report- This report includes a broad array of information on topics identified as priorities for Denver residents: Housing, Safety, Education, Economy, Health & Environment, Transportation & Infrastructure, and Civic Health.
• Findings of The National Task Force On Community Preventive Services. What Research Tells Us Works To Promote Health
• Department of Health and Human Services Showcase of Best Practices
• Centers for Disease Control Searchable Database of recommendations for health, prevention and public health practice
• CHID (the Combined Health Information Database) is a database provides abstracts of information for health information and health education resources
• RAND Corporation – A nonprofit research organization that publishes institution reports on health and other issues including policy, best practices, and more.
• Evidence Based Health Promotion hosted by the Victoria, Australia government
• US Department of Health and Human Services- Model programs in public health shared by peers across the country
• Prevention Makes Common ‘Cents’- A report of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• “Ten Greatest Public Health Achievements—United States 1900-1999” Centers for Disease Control
• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Best Practices
• National Governor’s Association- Center for Best Practices

Best Practices For Hot Topics and Populations

Children, Youth And Families

• Model programs and practices for improving outcomes for children, families & communities
• Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
• Department of Health and Human Services Fatherhood Initiatives
• Safe Schools/Healthy Students Action Center
• National Family Support Center- Advocates family support as a way to improve children, families and communities
• National Center for Children in Poverty
• Teen Pregnancy Prevention - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Improving Health By Impacting Policy

• Policy best practices
• Prevention Makes Common ‘Cents’- A report of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Council on Health Research for Development - How to impact policy guide
• NACCHO Public Health Advocacy - Capitol Hill Basics
• Speakout.com - Tips for Effective Advocacy
• National Governor's Association Center for Best Practices - Key State Issues; Health and the States
• National Conference of State Legislatures - Promising Practices Issue Brief
• Colorado General Assembly (FAQ on policy development)
• Colorado Health Institute
• Incorporating Socioeconomic Factors into U.S. Health Policy
• Health Impact Assessments (HIA)- Impacting policy by researching the impact on health of various policies, plans, etc.
• London HIA information
• World Health Organization site on HIA
• Health Impact Assessment Gateway
• International Health Impact Assessment Consortium
• Minnesota Department of Health HIA information
  

Improving the Public Health System

• The Turning Point Initiative- Changing the Public Health System by making it more collaborative and community based
• “The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century” (2002), a report by the National Academies

Health Care Access

• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Health Care Access Best Practices
• National Governor’s Association
• Ethnomed - Making Health Services Accessible to Minorities

Mental Health and Violence

• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• Changing Social Norms to Reduce Substance Abuse
• The Community Guide Report on Best Practices for Improving Mental Health
• The Community Guide Report on Best Practices for Preventing Violence

Improving Neighborhoods, Communities & Environments

• Neighborhoods
• Designing Communities To Support Active Living By The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Designing Livable Communities For Colorado- The Center For Active Living
• Models to support active living in your community from the International City/County Management Association
• Improve the bikability and walkability of a community
• Prevent injuries in your community - Best practices from the Harborview Injury Prevention Research Center
• Schools
• School health promotion self assessment tool steps recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Safe Schools/Healthy Students Action Center
• Safe routes to school
• Workplace
• Former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop’s awards for model worksite wellness programs
• Healthy People 2010 Healthy Worksite 2010- A guide for health promotion in the worksite
• Partnership for Prevention (a national organization that promotes expansion of disease prevention initiatives) hosts a partnerships for a healthy workforce
• Prevention Makes Common ‘Cents’- A report of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• The Wellness Councils of America, an organization dedicated to helping organizations of all kinds build and sustain results-oriented wellness programs
• Univ. of CA Irvine Center for developing worksite wellness and It’s guide for implementation (geared towards smaller employers, but applicable to larger ones as well
• The Wellness Council of Florida
• Report on worksite wellness by the Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
• The University of Michigan Worker Wellness Program
• The Physical Environment
• The Environmental Protection Agency
• Lead-Safe Denver
• The Social Environment
• The Community Guide Report On Addressing The Social Environmental Causes Of Poor Health
• Incorporating Socioeconomic Factors into US Health Policy
• Using Policy to Impact the Social Environment

Healthy Lifestyles- Obesity, Physical Activity, Tobacco

• CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
• Findings of The National Task Force On Community Preventive Services. What Research Tells Us Works To Promote Health

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