A Toolkit for Health Professions Faculty, Students and Community Leaders Committed to Achieving the Nation's Health Objectives Through Community-Campus Partnerships

The preparation of this Toolkit was made possible in part by support from the Corporation for National and Community Service.

This Toolkit is designed to provide leaders who are involved in community-campus partnerships with the knowledge and resources to support their activities that are directly tied to the fulfillment of the Healthy People 2010 Objectives. This Toolkit contains the following tools and resources to assist in this process:

1. A Healthy People 2010 Assessment Tool

This tool is designed to support you in gaining a better understanding of your strengths and areas of improvement in your efforts to achieve the nation's health objectives. The purpose of the assessment tool is to:

• measure the extent to which your organization or partnerships is currently achieving the Healthy People 2010 Objectives for the nation;
• motivate action, ideas and strategies among community-campus partnerships to broaden the content of health promotion courses and activities;
• serve as a strategic planning tool for community-campus partnerships to define future health priorities and activities; and
• generate interest among leaders of community-campus partnerships to set new goals, or strengthen current health-promoting practices.

2. Declaration and Commitment Forms

In an effort to strengthen your response and focus in addressing the nation's health objectives, Declaration and Commitment Forms have been included as a critical component of this publication. The Declaration and Commitment Forms provide an opportunity to formally announce your personal and/or organizational pledge and commitment to work towards the
fulfillment of the Healthy People 2010 Objectives.

3. Resource Listing

A resource listing is provided to support your overall strategy to achieve the Healthy People 2010 Objectives.

How to use this publication

This Toolkit is meant to inspire critical thinking and action around the nation's health objectives. To make full use of each partner's unique experiences and contributions, we recommend that the completion of the materials in this Toolkit occur as a collective effort among the stakeholders in your partnership. In other words, the completion of the materials should not happen in isolation.

This Toolkit may be used with your partners and stakeholders to:

• Plan meaningful activities that are directly tied to the fulfillment of the Healthy People 2010 Objectives;
• Foster community agency/organization and institutional interest and response to the nation's health objectives;* Assess your preparedness to address the nation's health objectives;
• Collect additional resources and information to enhance and improve your current health promoting activities on campus and in the community; and
• Engage and facilitate campus and community wide discussion on the most effective strategies to address the nation's health objectives and the racial, gender and ethnic disparities in your community.

Intended audience

The materials and information presented in this publication are intended for all health professions faculty, student and community leaders. It is designed as a "partnership publication" and may be used to foster the development and/or improvement of community-campus partnerships and their stakeholders' ability to address the nation's health objectives and health promoting activities.