Health Policy and Environmental Change Toolkit

Directors of Health Promotion and Education
                                   

Publications and Online Tools

This toolkit is designed to make DHPE research, reports and tools easily available to practitioners and policy makers. Available at www.dhpe.org/PolicyTools.htm

 

 

Policy and Environmental Change, New Directions for Public Health Published 2001

Results of a study of the use of health policy and environmental change interventions by public health agencies across the United States, with recommendations for federal agencies, state leaders and public health practitioners.

 

Policy and Environmental Change, New Direction for Public Health, Executive Summary Published 2001Condense version of the above document with recommendation highlights.

 

Communicating the Effectiveness of Health Promotion to State Decision-makers and Legislators Published 2003. This report reviews the evidence that indicates that public health programs are effective and effective ways to communicate proven strategies to public health decision-makers and legislators at the state level.

Policy and Environmental Change: A Second Look at Public Health Agency Involvement Published 2006 Revisit the state of practice for health policy and environmental change interventions by public health agencies and collection of case stories from state and local health agencies.

Specialized Competencies for the Public Health Workforce Published 2007
Use this competency list to help train health agency staff and develop position descriptions for hiring key health policy staff.

Case Studies from State and Local Health Agencies Online 2007
Learn how state health agencies have worked with partner organizations to impact public policies. This is a collection of 51 case studies from across the country.

Tools for Health Policy and Environmental Change Online 2007
 Concise fact sheets targeting important competencies.         

·        Overview

·        Laws and Guidelines Regarding Your Involvement in Shaping Health Policy

·        Influencing the Change Process