Tools and resources

Summary of community health needs assessments reports (Hilltop Institute)

• Climate and Health
• Leadership
• Toolkit

(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) (Hilltop Institute) The Hilltop Institute’s Community Benefit State Law Profiles (Profiles) present a comprehensive analysis of each state’s community benefit landscape as defined by its laws, regulations, tax exemptions, and, in some cases, policies and activities of state executive agencies. The Profiles organize these state-level legal…

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Assessing and addressing community health needs and other resources (CHA)

• Climate and Health
• Leadership
• Toolkit

(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) (Catholic Health Association) Community benefits are programs and services designed to improve health in communities and increase access to health care. They are integral to the mission of Catholic and other not-for-profit health care organizations, and are the basis of tax exemption. For nearly 20 years, CHA has been a leader in the…

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Community health needs assessments issue briefs (ASTHO)

• Climate and Health
• Leadership
• Toolkit

(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) (ASTHO) Community health needs assessments (CHNA) and implementation strategies are newly required of tax-exempt hospitals as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. These assessments and strategies create an important opportunity to improve the health of communities. They ensure that hospitals have the information…

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Climate change in the United States: Benefits of global action (EPA)

• Climate and Health
• Leadership
• Toolkit

(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) (EPA) The Climate Change Impacts and Risk Analysis (CIRA) project quantifies the physical effects and economic damages under multiple climate change scenarios. 

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Community benefit: impact of climate change and the environment, multi-purpose strategies and co-benefits (CHA)

• Climate and Health
• Leadership
• Toolkit

(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) (Catholic Health Association) Can community benefit programs that improve health also have a positive impact on climate change and the environment? The answer can be yes.

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WHO: Operational Framework for building climate resilient health systems

• Climate and Health
• Leadership
• Report

(World Health Organization) This document presents the World Health Organization (WHO) Operational framework for building climate resilient health systems. The framework responds to the demand from Member States and partners for guidance on how the health sector and its operational basis in health systems can systematically and effectively address the challenges increasingly presented by climate…

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Health Care & climate change: An opportunity for transformative leadership

• Climate and Health
• Leadership
• White Paper

(Health Care Without Harm) The reversal of climate change will pivot around fundamental realignments in the ways that energy is created and consumed. The report provides detailed guidelines and case studies to help hospital leaders and facilities’ staff develop comprehensive strategies to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels through the use of “clean technology.” Its overarching conclusion is…

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Leveraging hospital community benefit to address climate change (Health Care Without Harm)

• Climate and Health
• Leadership
• Leadership and education
• Community Benefit

(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) The community health needs assessment (CHNA) and community benefit implementation strategies provide a framework to support activities that address local health priorities and climate change. As greenhouse gas emissions increase we are witnessing environmental changes with far-reaching health implications, including some prioritized in…

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Climate action playbook for hospitals

• Climate and Health
• Mitigation
• Health Care Without Harm
• Climate Action Playbook

This playbook captures how hospitals are demonstrating commitment. It is intended to inspire and encourage hospitals to engage further in climate action, providing a vivid path forward to achieving measurable progress and outcomes. The time has never been more critical for hospitals and healthcare to take action.

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Building a climate-smart health care system for California

• Climate and Health
• Report

(Bay Area Council Economic Institute) Climate change remains a serious threat to human health, and healthcare organizations in California, across the U.S., and globally can be catalysts in creating a climate-smart future. California’s widely varying weather, coastal location, and large population mean the state is feeling the effects of climate change sooner and more severely than other regions…

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