This article is an introduction to using logic models. Logic models are incredibly helpful to organize program activities and outcomes.
Toolkits & Guides
Logic models for program design, implementation, and evaluation: workshop toolkit
This comprehensive guide from the US Department of Education reviews the purpose and elements of a logic model and includes everything you need to conduct a logic model workshop with your team, including a facilitator workbook, a participant workbook, and a slide deck.
Measuring Social Determinants of Health
The PhenX toolkit curates standard data collection measures for various topic areas, this specific one being for measuring social determinants of health. Using standard measures allows you to compare "apples to apples" with other research projects, as opposed to each...
The Ultimate Guide to Effective Data Collection
This is a comprehensive guide to collecting high quality data, if you're looking to learn more in depth about collecting data.
Applying for Grants
The Community Tool Box outlines the key steps to creating a grant application that's likely to succeed. This could be helpful if you're newer to grants, or if you're looking for a step-by-step guide to work through with a partner.
Guide to Equitable Language in Grant Writing
This one-page infographic is a good reminder of some key considerations when writing about health disparities and health equity using language that accurately describes the context and respects/empowers the population. Perfect to print and post in your work space.
Creating and Maintaining Coalitions and Partnerships
The Community Tool Box outlines the steps in forming and sustaining a partnership, including what questions you should ask yourselves and how to plan for (and overcome) barriers to success. This is a step-by-step guide for starting a partnership on the right foot --...
Integrating Community Voices into a Research Study: Community Advisory Board Toolkit
The Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute provides a comprehensive guide (including templates) to convening a community advisory board with success.
Making Community Partnerships Work: A Toolkit
The March of Dimes Foundation created a comprehensive toolkit to learn about, prepare for, begin, and sustain community-based participatory partnerships. The toolkit is intended "for newcomers and seasoned organizers, community-based groups, public and private...
Participatory Asset Mapping: A Community Research Lab Toolkit
Healthy City, a program of the Advancement Project California, offers a comprehensive guide to conducting asset mapping, the process of identifying and providing information on a community's existing assets. This is good for people who learn by reading, and it has...