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); specific tools for hospitals and communities; and completed CHNAs, CHIPs and Community Benefit Reports from across Indiana.

New State Health Assessment and Improvement Plan, 2018-2021

Process Guidelines

• Association for Community Health Improvement’s (ACHI) Community Health Assessment Toolkit—Step-by-step guide on how to approach community benefit
• 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.
• 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.

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

CHNAs, CHIPs and Community Benefit Reports

Zoom in and click on an icon to view reports by hospital or at the county/regional level.

If you do not see your community report, please email ibrc@iupui.edu.
Last updated: May 2021.