Stories & Examples from the Field
Below are some stories and examples from the field of community health assessments and improvement plans in action.
CDC’s National Public Health Improvement Initiative
- Advancing Public Health: The Story of the National Public Health Improvement Initiative [PDF – 12.3MB]
Includes stories of health department assessment efforts and health improvement plans.
National Association of County and City Health Officials
- Examples of High Quality CHAs and CHIPs
- Stories from the Field
Includes stories about communities using the MAPP framework - Accreditation Preparation Demonstration Sites
- Community Benefit
National Network of Public Health Institutes
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
- State health improvement plan examples on the Accreditation—PHAB pre-requisites page
The Hilltop Institute
- Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA: Partnerships for Community Health Improvement [PDF – 356KB] Issue Brief, February 2012.
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