Strengthening Coordination Between Public Health and Healthcare-Module 3: Finding Public Health Data and Resources

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This CMSS toolkit section is a task-based guide for society staff on finding credible public health data, local resources, and partners. It begins with a quick-reference table linking common needs to the best sources: County Health Rankings or CDC WONDER for citable statistics, America’s Health Rankings or BRFSS for state comparisons, CDC PLACES for local prevalence estimates, health department dashboards for current local conditions, 211 and findhelp for social service referrals, 988 and treatment locators for crisis and behavioral health referrals, AHRQ for social-needs screening guidance, and NACCHO/ASTHO/state health departments for identifying public health officials.<br /><br />The guide emphasizes responsible data use: check the data year, distinguish counts from rates, prefer age-adjusted rates for comparisons, treat modeled estimates as estimates, and always cite the source, dataset, and year.<br /><br />For local information, it highlights state and local health department dashboards, state reportable-conditions lists and CSTE, NACCHO’s local health department directory, CDC PLACES, and the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index.<br /><br />For patient referrals, it recommends 211, findhelp, 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, FindTreatment.gov, HRSA’s Find a Health Center, AHRQ social needs screening resources, and NACHW for community health worker information.<br /><br />For partnerships and staying current, it points to CDC, ASTHO, NACCHO, APHA, the Common Health Coalition, Trust for America’s Health, and the de Beaumont Foundation.<br /><br />The key takeaway is that most immediate staff needs can be met with two starting points: County Health Rankings for statistics and 211.org for referral questions.

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A Task-Based Guide for Society Staff

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Module 3 of CMSS's Strengthening Coordination Between Public Health and Healthcare Toolkit. This module provides a go-to resource for various data sources and sites that societies can utilize to bolster their clinical and public health efforts.

Keywords

public health data

County Health Rankings

CDC WONDER

CDC PLACES

health department dashboards

211 referrals

988 Lifeline

AHRQ screening

social vulnerability index

local health partners