Community Involvement Resources

Quick links to CDC resources, other resources, and PACE EH resources.

CDC Resources

Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and EnVironmental changE (ACHIEVE) – CDC-funded program to build healthier communities

Brownfield and Land Reuse Initiative – resources for promoting community health in Brownfield redevelopment and land reuse from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Community Health Resources – link to CDC resources to help plan, implement, and evaluate community health interventions and programs to address chronic disease and health disparities issues

EH Capa-City – environmental health capacity-building tools and products available through an interactive format

Empowering Communities through Environmental Health Education [PDF - 2.5 MB] – project to strengthen community members’ understanding of environmental health prevention messages and create healthier and safer homes and environments in Multnomah County [developed using funding from the EHS capacity-building program]

Environmental Public Health Performance Standards – CDC program to improve capacity to perform the essential services of environmental public health.

Environmental Public Health Tracking Network – a CDC system of integrated health, exposure, and hazard information and data from a variety of national, state, and city sources

EPA-CDC/ATSDR Collaboration for Community-Based Environmental Health – a partnership between EPA, CDC, and ATSDR, as well as state and local governments, that uses a community-centered approach to build healthy communities

Health Impact Assessment – a tool to evaluate objectively the potential health effects of a project or policy before it is built or implemented

Healthy Places – CDC Web site with information about designing and building healthy places

National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures - collaborative effort to develop an action agenda to help strengthen efforts to protect the public from harmful chemical exposures

Native Diabetes Wellness Program – programs to improve the health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives, including a grant program to support tribes to use traditional foods and sustainable ecological approaches to promote health and prevent diabetes

Principles of Community Engagement – provides public health professionals and community leaders with a science base and practical guidelines for engaging the public in community decision-making and action for health promotion, health protection, and disease prevention

Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health – CDC program that uses community-based participatory approaches and implements and evaluates innovative approaches to improving health in communities

Working to Build Healthy Communities: Community Environmental Health Assessments Using PACE EH [PDF - 145 KB] – using PACE EH as a tool to build healthy communities. This is one in a series of monthly Environmental Health Services Branch columns in the Journal of Environmental Health.

Other Resources

Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) – competitive grant program administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that offers an innovative way for a community to organize and take action to reduce toxic pollution in its local environment

Community Action for Environmental Public Health – community resources from the Environmental Protection Agency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Community Health Status Indicators – overview of more than 200 key health indicators for each of the 3,141 U.S. counties

Community Toolbox – resources to promote community health by connecting people, ideas, and resources.

EPA/CDC/ATSDR Federal Grants Guide for Community Environmental and Public Health Activities [PDF - 545 KB] – information on funding opportunities related to meeting environmental and public health goals

Mobilizing for Action Through Planning and Partnerships – a community-driven strategic planning tool for improving community health

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health – an umbrella program of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to foster local, regional, and national partnerships between and among community residents/organizations, researchers, and other stakeholders in the research process

Webcast: Healthy Places Leading to Healthy People: Community Engagement Improves Health for All – a Public Health Grand Rounds program focusing on CDC’s Healthy Communities goal area and highlighting the rural Florida community of Wabasso

PACE EH Resources

Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health (PACE EH)

Community Environmental Health Assessment Library – PACE EH training, publications, and other resources from NACCHO.
PACE EH Guidebook – Resource outlining the 13 steps of PACE EH
PACE EH in Practice – Results from 10 pilot sites used to finalize the PACE EH methodology
PACE EH: Tool for Community Environmental Health Assessment [PDF - 202 KB] – Fact sheet describing PACE EH
Process Evaluation [PDF - 1.7 MB] – Extensive process evaluation of PACE EH impacts.
Strengthening the Capacity of Local Health Agencies Through Community-Based Assessment and Planning [PDF - 232 KB] – Article in Public Health Reports summarizing findings from the PACE EH process evaluation.
The PACE EH Demonstration Site Project: Communities in Action – Results from public health agencies that received funding to conduct PACE EH activities

PACE EH Implementation in the United States

Assessment in Island County – Educational materials on the top priority issues in Island County, Washington: illegal dumping and improving walkability in the county [developed with funding from the EHS capacity-building program]
Community Environmental Health Assessment Resources on EH Capa-City – Tools and products from CDC environmental health capacity-building grantees
PACE EH Program in Florida – Information about county health departments across Florida who have implemented PACE EH in communities
PACE EH Toolkit – Toolkit developed by the Island County Health Department (Washington) for conducting a community-based environmental health assessment using the PACE EH protocol [developed with funding from the EHS capacity-building program]
Power of PACE EH – Narrated presentation on PACE EH and its impact in the West Wabasso community of Indian River County, Florida