PRC Tools

These tools may be useful to those interested in conducting or understanding applied public health prevention research and addressing health disparities.
 

The Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide) is a free, evidence-based resource to help choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community.
 

"An Organizing Framework for Translation in Public Health: The Knowledge to Action Framework" The Knowledge to Action Framework was designed to capture all the processes involved in translation, beginning with discovery through the decision to translate through institutionalization. This journal article discusses the development of the framework.  
 

Dissemination Planning Checklist [PDF-254KB] This checklist is developed from the Knowledge to Action Framework and is intended to serve as an example of a tool that can assist PRCs in dissemination planning.
 

"CDC Health Disparities & Inequalities Report — United States, 2013" MMWR Supplement, November 22, 2013, Vol. 62, Supplement No. 3, pg. 1-187. [PDF-3.71MB]
 

HHS National Partnership for Action (NPA) Toolkit for Community Action [PDF-8MB] The toolkit provides community members with the information and resources they need to help engage and educate fellow citizens and local media about health disparities about the impact disparities have in the lives of individuals and society.
 

Prevention Status Report  For all 50 states and D.C., highlights the status of public health policies and practices designed to prevent or reduce 10 important public health problems.  
 

Sustainability Planning Guide for Healthy Communities [PDF-2.81MB] This guide provides science- and practice-based evidence to help public and community health professionals develop a sustainability plan and learn key sustainability approaches like partnerships, organizational strategies, and communication plans.