Community Involvement 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 Environmental Health Assessment [PDF - 91 KB] – Fact sheet describing the Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health

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

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

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 – 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

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

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

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

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

PACE EH implementation in the United States

Power of PACE EH – Narrated presentation on PACE EH and its impact in the West Wabasso community of Indian River County, Florida
PACE EH Program in Florida – Information about county health departments across Florida who have implemented PACE EH in communities

PACE EH implementation in international settings