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
- Cultural considerations
For more information about evidence-based and promising program models that have worked in rural communities, see RHIhub's 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
- Care Coordination Toolkit
- Chronic Disease Management Toolkit
- Community Health Workers Toolkit
- Community Paramedicine Toolkit
- Early Childhood Health Promotion Toolkit
- Health Equity Toolkit
- Health Literacy Toolkit
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Toolkit
- HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Toolkit
- Maternal Health Toolkit
- Mental Health Toolkit
- Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD 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
Resources to Learn More
The
Community Tool Box: Chapter 19 – Section 1. Criteria
for Choosing Promising Practices and Community Interventions
Website
Explains what qualifies as an evidence-based program and how to use that information to select the program that
is best for a community.
Organization(s): University of Kansas Work Group for Community Health and
Development