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The Community Health Promotion Handbook:
Action Guides to Improve Community Health
This publication can be downloaded free of charge at
www.prevent.org/actionguides.* Printed copies of the
complete handbook or individual action guides can be purchased at
the same Web address. |
Partnership for Prevention® and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention have developed The Community Health Promotion Handbook:
Action Guides to Improve Community Health, an evidence-based tool that
bridges the gap between research and practice. Five selected
recommendations from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services’
The Guide to Community Preventive Services: What Works to Promote
Health? have been translated into action guides that provide public
health practitioners and others interested in health promotion with the
necessary “how to” guidance to implement effective community-level
strategies.
These implementation guidelines have emerged from the experiences of the
40 communities supported by CDC’s Steps Program, which is creating
models for how local communities can act to address chronic diseases.
Although The Community Health Promotion Handbook’s action guides
primarily target public health practitioners, other audiences also may
benefit from using this resource, including local planners, advocates,
policymakers, community and business leaders, community-based
organizations, educators, health care providers, and others interested in
improving health in their communities.
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Handbook Cover |
In addition to detailed action steps for planning, implementing, and
evaluating a strategy, features in each action guide include
• An overview of the recommendation and supporting evidence.
Links to tools and resources for planning and implementation.
Tips for implementation and overcoming potential obstacles.
Suggested personnel, material, and financial resource needs.
Questions and potential data sources for evaluation planning.
The Handbook’s five action guides cover the following topics:
Diabetes Management
- Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME): Establishing a
Community-Based DSME Program for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes to Improve
Glycemic Control
Physical Activity
- Places for Physical Activity: Facilitating Development of a Community
Trail and Promoting Its Use to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth
and Adults
- School-Based Physical Education: Working with Schools to Increase
Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents in Physical Education
Classes
- Social Support for Physical Activity: Establishing a Community-Based
Walking Group Program to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth and
Adults
Tobacco-Use Treatment
- Healthcare Provider Reminder Systems, Provider
Education, and Patient Education: Working with Healthcare Delivery
Systems to Improve the Delivery of Tobacco-Use Treatment to Patients
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*Links to non-Federal organizations are provided solely as a
service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization
by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is
not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found
at this link.
Page last reviewed: May 2, 2008
Page last modified: April 17, 2008
Content source: Division of Adult and
Community Health, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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