Match the Program to the Community's Needs
Module 1 discusses the importance of using data and community input to identify priorities, preferences, assets, and needs. Other key factors for selecting the appropriate model for a community depend on:
- Intended program setting
- Timeline and length of the program
- Desired outcomes
- Environmental and organizational context, including factors that affect program feasibility and acceptability
- Relationships between partners (such as healthcare organizations, local government, or other community services)
- Financial and human resources
For more information about evidence-based and promising program models that have worked in rural communities, see our Rural Health Models and Innovations.
For examples of models that have worked within specific program areas, see the Program Clearinghouses in these issue-specific toolkits:
- Aging in Place
- Chronic Disease Management Toolkit
- Community Health Workers Toolkit
- Community Paramedicine Toolkit
- Early Childhood Health Promotion Toolkit
- Health Literacy Toolkit
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Toolkit
- Maternal Health Toolkit
- Mental Health Toolkit
- Oral Health Toolkit
- Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Toolkit
- Services Integration Toolkit
- Social Determinants of Health Toolkit
- Suicide Prevention Toolkit
- Telehealth Toolkit
- Transportation Toolkit
- Unintentional Injury Prevention Toolkit