Community Engagement

This page provides additional information and resources your organization can use to improve the health of your community. It includes links to process guidance for performing community health needs assessments (CHNA) and developing community health improvement plans (CHIP), as well as specific tools for hospitals and communities.

Marion County Community Health Assessment

The Marion County Public Health Department, the Community Health Assessment Steering Committee and many local partners have worked on and released a community health assessment. This REPORT describes the health status of Marion County residents and identifies key health issues using accepted, pre-set criteria.

Best and Promising Practices

Best and Promising Practices—This resource from Indy Indicators and the Healthy Communities Institute lets you search by keyword for ways communities across the nation have improved.

Process Guidelines

Indiana Hospital Association—Offers resources and guidance on community health assessment and benefit
National Association of County & City Health Officials’ (NACCHO) Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning—Public health’s leading authority on CHNAs and CHIPs
Public Health Accreditation Board’s (PHAB) Standards & Measures—Public health accreditation guidance, which includes collaborative community assessment, planning, and evaluation

Hospital and Community Tools

CDC’s Community Health Assessment and Group Evaluation (CHANGE)—Assess and evaluate policy, system, and environmental change opportunities and assets
CDC’s Health Impact Assessment—Evaluate the potential impact of a project or policy prior to implementation
Trauma System/Injury Prevention Program—Provides an overview of the program and updated version of the 45-minute map.

State Health Plans

Indiana State Health Assessment and Improvement Plan 2018-2021
Indiana State Rural Health Plan—Captures the economic, workforce, and health care needs of counties served by Indiana’s critical access hospitals
Indiana Cancer Control Plan 2018–2020—Provides a roadmap for cancer control in Indiana through 2020
Indiana’s Comprehensive Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan, 2010-2020—Outlines in detail the policy, systems and environmental strategies needed to change the trajectory of health in Indiana
Indiana Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Plan 2016-2021
Indiana Tobacco Control 2020 Strategic Plan—Outlines the Hoosier model for comprehensive tobacco prevention and cessation, as well as reducing exposure to secondhand smoke