CityHealth
An initiative of the de Beaumont Foundation and Kaiser Permanente that helps city leadership drive improvements in their communities through evidence-based policy solutions.
Policy
We advance policies that improve community health, so that current and future generations can benefit from changes enacted by today’s leaders.
Explore all policy resources here.
Healing Through Policy
An initiative with the American Public Health Association and the National Collaborative for Health Equity that provides local leaders with examples of policies and practices that can advance health, racial equity, and justice.
Partnerships
We build partnerships, often among unlikely allies, so that leaders can achieve the shared goal of creating healthier communities.
Explore the Practical Playbook, an initiative to advance collaboration between primary care and public health organizations through practical tools and guidance, and other resources on partnerships.
The BUILD Health Challenge
An innovative funding collaborative and award program that brings together public health departments, hospitals and health systems, and community organizations to improve community health.
Business & Public Health
An initiative that addresses the connection between business and public health by providing rational and research-based recommendations.
Health Action Alliance
A coalition of leading business, communications, and public health organizations that offers free tools, resources, and access to a network of businesses to strengthen and accelerate the business community’s response to COVID-19 and other health needs.
MADE for Health Justice
Accelerating the development of health-focused local data systems that center principles of anti-racism, and equity, justice, and community power.
People
We create practical solutions that strengthen the public health system and workforce, so that professionals are equipped to make their communities healthier.
Explore initiatives and resources like Staffing Up and 10 Essential Public Health Services and BEAM here.
40 Under 40 in Public Health
A program that recognizes rising leaders in public health who are strengthening communities with new ideas, creative problem-solving, and innovative solutions.
Public Health Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS)
The only nationally representative survey of government public health professionals. Conducted in 2014, 2017, and 2021, it assesses strengths, trends, and gaps to inform strategies to recruit and retain public health professionals.
National Consortium for Public Health Workforce Development
A partnership of public health organizations and stakeholders working to ensure that the public health workforce has the skills, resources, and support it needs to address communities’ health needs and achieve health equity.
Public Health Forward
"Public Health Forward: Modernizing the U.S. Public Health System” articulated a shared vision and five-year operational framework to strengthen public health nationally, supplemented by an implementation guide with insights from jurisdictions that have put its recommendations into practice.
National Conversation
Through programs, writing, research, and external communications, we work to improve understanding of public health, how it differs from medical care, and why our nation needs to invest more in prevention and community health.
Explore Changing the COVID Conversation, a series of polls and focus groups that identify messaging and language that is most likely to build support for public health measures and confidence in COVID vaccines, and other resources here.
Public Health Reaching Across Sectors (PHRASES)
Research-based tools to help public health practitioners build communication skills and strategies with partners and communities.
Public Health Communications Collaborative
A collaborative formed in 2020 with the CDC Foundation and Trust for America’s Health to coordinate and amplify public health messaging and help state and local officials communicate effectively.
