The CDC Foundation Joins Global Partners in Observing World Drowning Prevention Day

Read more

Creating Thriving Communities Together

Read more

Strengthening Partnerships between Public Health and Community-Based Organizations

The Recommendations 

Developed by the CDC Foundation in partnership with HIP and supported by Kaiser Permanente National Community Benefit Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation, the report offers a set of transformative and inclusive recommendations to strengthen relationships between governmental public health and communities, framed within The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership, a framework to increase community ownership of public decisions.

 

Download the Recommendations for Strengthening Partnerships between Health Departments and Community-Based Organizations


Download the executive summary of Recommendations for Strengthening Partnerships between Health Departments and Community-Based Organizations


Download the one-page overview of the recommendations

Community organizations and community members, through their deep-rooted partnerships with state and local health departments, health care organizations and other organizations, come together to address the unique needs of each community.

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored a need for renewed emphasis on building strong relationships between public health and communities to systematically reduce health inequities. Therefore, the CDC Foundation is leading a project to develop inclusive, community-centered recommendations that will enable public-private, multi-sector collaborations and systems-level responses to ongoing and emerging public health challenges.

With support from the Kaiser Permanente National Community Benefit Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation and in partnership with Human Impact Partners, the CDC Foundation is developing a set of recommendations and roadmap for building and strengthening partnerships between public health agencies and community-based organizations (CBOs).

Read the Recommendations

The final recommendations aim to support public health agencies in:

  • Cultivating relationships with CBOs to better prepare and respond to future public health emergencies and to pursue more equitable solutions in routine practice.
  • More effectively promote community health objectives.
  • Sharing power with CBOs to address historical disenfranchisement in decision making.

 

Co-Designing Recommendations

To be relevant and actionable, our final recommendations and roadmap for strengthening public-private collaborations must reflect the varied experiences of public health department and CBO partnerships from across the U.S. To do so, we engaged representatives from a diverse group of organizations in a range of activities, including:

  • Public health department and CBO 1:1 interviews.
  • Consensus-building convenings to define a set of recommendations and an initial roadmap for how to implement recommendations
  • Insight sessions across the U.S. with public health departments and CBOs to refine the recommendations and roadmap.

 

Our Partners

Human Impact Partners

National Partners:

1184
Image
walkable community
United States of America
To work with local, state and national partners and develop a set of recommendations in the form of a roadmap on how to optimize the interface between public health and community-based organizations (CBOs) to best prepare future responses to public health emergencies and effectively promote broader community health objectives, including achieving health equity and overall community health and wellbeing.
Hide Title
Off
Hide Teaser
Off
Hide Partners
Off
Hide Program Location
Off
Hide Program Initiative
Off
Hide Program Type
Off
Hide Tags
Off

Community-Based Organizations Make A Difference Where it Matters Most

Read more

Improving Engagement in Community Level Data Collection

We are excited to launch a collaborative report highlighting promising actions public health practitioners can take to shift surveillance systems to address community needs. The report will launch in May 2024. 

 


 

Improving Community Engagement in Design, Collection and Use of Community-Level Data to Address Structural Determinants of Health

To improve health outcomes for all, it is essential for the community to be at the forefront of public health data. Powered by five local communities, this program gathers communities’ perspectives on the use of survey data to improve health.

Data Equity Coalitions in Atlanta, Detroit, Durham, Pittsburgh and San Antonio are hosting focus groups and other feedback opportunities for their communities. By leveraging the communities’ feedback, this project aims to increase access to local measures of social determinants of health and to improve the reach of surveys, particularly among populations historically excluded from participating.

The five Data Equity Coalitions—local organizations partnering with communities to improve the availability and use of data that addresses local priorities for health and wellbeing—are tailoring approaches to their community needs and gathering local perspectives through:

Focus groups: Gain community perspectives and input on processes for collecting and sharing survey data
Survey enhancements: Review potential new survey questions using community interviews
Community outreach: Try new ways of administering surveys to increase participation
Data collection: Gather community input on existing and emerging data needs
Information synthesis: Analyze qualitative data from focus groups and interviews to coalesce findings across the data coalitions and communities

Project Goals:

1. INVEST
Invest in health measures and data that are relevant to communities and the outcomes communities care about

2. COLLECT
Collect data that is prioritized by communities and provide data in ways that support efforts to improve health locally

3. DEVELOP
Develop inclusive methods to interpret and share health data that increases trust in and use of data

4. FACILITATE
Facilitate connections between surveys and communities, and infuse community perspectives into data processes


Our Partners:

CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPH)

Local Data Equity Coalitions:

Research Partner Organization:

The National Alliance against Disparities in Patient Health (NADPH) —Woodbridge, VA

Learn more about our partners.

 

This program is made possible through funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.


 

Surveys and Platforms

This project leverages processes and information from various public health surveys. Below are some of the surveys and platforms discussed:

PLACES
The Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates (PLACES) website provides user-friendly health measure estimates for all U.S. counties, census tracts and ZIP Codes.

BRFSS
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a system of health-related telephone surveys that collect health data about U.S. residents. BRFSS collects data from over 400,000 adult interviews annually in 50 states, Washington, D.C., and three U.S. territories.

PRAMS
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) collects data on attitudes and experiences before, during and shortly after pregnancy. PRAMS covers eight of 10 U.S. births and aims to improve birthing persons’ and infant health.

 

1154
Image
a collage of many people of all ages and ethnicities
Improving Engagement in Community Level Data Collection
United States of America
The goal of the Improving Engagement in Community Level Data Collection program is to improve the nation's access to community-relevant and nationally significant data that measure health and equity.
Hide Title
Off
Hide Teaser
Off
Hide Partners
Off
Hide Program Location
Off
Hide Program Initiative
Off
Hide Program Type
Off
Hide Tags
Off

Community-Based Organizations Elevate COVID-19 Response—Sustaining CBOs Will Prepare for The Next Threat 

Read more

Healthy Community, Healthy Campus

Read more

Contagious Conversations: Ensuring Public Health Protections for People Experiencing Homelessness

Read more

COVID-19 Webinar Features Demo of CDC's New Quarantine and Isolation Calculator

Read more

Great Hair and Good Company: Local Barbershops Take on Community Education

Read more
Subscribe to Community Health