OOMPH Library Resources: PHW 200G Health and Social Behavior: Resources & Tools

A daily news site where race matters, featuring award-winning investigative reporting and news analysis. Colorlines is published by Race Forward, a national organization that advances racial justice through research, media and practice.

Curriculum, publications, webinars and other resources are provided to assist with researchers and organizations that are interested in, or about to commence, Community Based Participatory Research. Includes consent forms, MOUs, webinars, & more.

An interactive mapping, networking, and learning utility with GIS data layers and tables displayed at varying geographies for all communities in the United States. Map topics such as poverty, crime, food insecurity, demographics, health insurance and obesity utilizing data sources such as the American Community Survey, the Census, USDA, and the CDC.

Provides practical skill-building information on over 250 different topics. Topic sections include step-by-step instruction, examples, check-lists, and related resources. It has sections on leadership, strategic planning, community assessment, advocacy, grant writing, and evaluation, as well as Best Practices examples and evidence.

DataCenter's research tools are designed to help organizers and activists think strategically about the role of information in developing actions and campaigns, and to provide a practical guide for doing effective campaign research. The tools are organized in a sequence to take you through the research-for-action process, from formulating answerable research questions to sources and tips for finding the information you need. DataCenter has closed, but most of the tools and resources are still on their website.

This website is designed to support High Impact Prevention (HIP) - using interventions with demonstrated potential to reduce new infections to yield a major impact on the HIV epidemic.

The purpose of the Health Equity Resource Toolkit for State Practitioners Addressing Obesity Disparities is to increase the capacity of state health departments and their partners to work with and through communities to implement effective responses to obesity in populations that are facing health disparities. The Toolkit’s primary focus is on how to create policy, systems, and environmental changes that will reduce obesity disparities and achieve health equity.

A root cause analysis is a process used to identify the primary source of a problem. In social and behavior change communication, a root cause analysis is used to examine why there is a difference between the desired state of a health or social issue (vision) and what is happening now (current situation). The steps on this site will help identify many possible causal factors including the root cause of the health issue identified during the situation analysis. From Health COMpass.

We know that racism, both intentional and unintentional, affects the health and well-being of individuals and communities and stifles the opportunity of many to contribute fully to the future and growth of this nation. Here is a webinar series about racism's impact on health and disparities.

What approaches do public health organizations use to close the gap between the most and least healthy, and reduce disparities all along the socio-economic status gradient? This resource is designed as a discussion guide for decision makers and practitioners who want to talk about when and why to use a universal, targeted, targeted universal, or proportionate universal approach - or some combination. The document includes definitions (e.g. health gap and health gradient), examples and questions to guide discussion.

Workshop materials from UCLA Center for Health Policy Research where participants learn how to organize, plan, and implement a health assessment of their communities. Participants learn how to plan an assessment, how to identify and map community assets, and how to collect and analyze data for their assessment. They also learn how to identify and engage community collaboration in the assessment process.

A participatory method, Positive Deviance, requires rethinking how we think about risk with implications for working with social networks to improve community health. The site includes case studies and tips to get started.

A searchable, online collection of methods (processes) and tools (instruments) for knowledge translation, economic evaluation, and more, in public health. Includes such resources as the Partnership Guide: practical tips, checklists, stories and strategies to help develop, sustain, and evaluate a partnership. From National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (Canada)

The SEM is a systems model with multiple bands of influence. A rainbow-like figure of five bands represents the SEM. At the core of the model is the individual, surrounded by four bands of influence representing the interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy levels. CRCCP grantees implement public health activities at these five levels to maximize synergies of intervention for the greatest impact. Each of these bands of influence in the model is described on this website and also here.

The Forum emphasizes the interconnectedness, interdependence, and shared values that are the connective tissue of our society while working to advance economic and social opportunity and reduce Inequality. This paper addresses a fundamental problem of communication – how to effectively talk about an issue. We always knew that people did not always “hear” what we said. Now, with the help of cognitive science we have a better understanding of what people do hear.

Quickly get recent state, county, and city demographics, including age, race/ethnicity, income/employment, residence, education, languages spoken, and more.

Quick access to state and local data on hundreds of health topics. Run your own customized search using AskCHIS, review publications and data summaries, and more. CHIS is the state's largest health survey.
Use AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition for statistics at the local level (zip code, city, county and legislative district)

The Map Room provides > 15,000 data layers down to census tract level for demographics, social and economic factors, physical environment, health behaviors, clinical care, and health outcomes, as well as a Community Health Needs Assessment reporting tool with 80+ health-related indicators. From the Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems (CARES) at the University of Missouri.

Provides access to a variety Center of Disease Control reports, guidelines, and dozens of text-based and numeric databases, including vital statistics, environment, population, disease and disability, immunization, behavior and health, injuries, occupational health, and more. Export data: tab-delimited text file.

Map and list hazardous waste cleanup locations and grant areas, and drill down to details about those cleanups and grants and other, related information.

Includes vital health factors, including high school graduation rates, obesity, smoking, unemployment, access to healthy foods, the quality of air and water, income, and teen births in nearly every county in America. National & state data download: csv (national also SAS).

Explore government data and geospatial data focusing on job sectors, economics, and demographics and more. Create visualizations of US public data; data downloads available.

A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. They conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

Find links to sources of data and statistics from all US states.