Assessments & Reports Assessments & Reports

Comparative Risk Assessment (human health or ecological health) https://www.epa.gov/risk/conductinghuman-health-risk-assessment

Overview of how to conduct a human health risk assessment including: planning, hazard identification, dose-response, exposure assessment, and risk characterization

Tribal-focused Environmental Risk & Sustainability tool (Tribal-FERST) https://tribalclimateguide.uoregon.edu/tribal-profiles/tribalfocused-environmental-risk-and-sustainability-tool-tribal-ferst

EPA Tribal-FERST helps tribes progressively evaluate concerns from data acquisition and assessment through environmental issues identification and prioritization. It also assists in exploring potential solutions and mapping results

Community Environmental Health Assessment Toolbox for New Mexico https://www.nmhealth.org/publication/view/general/308

Comprehensive Toolbox for EH Assessments put together by Southern Area Health Education Center & NM Department of Health Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau

Iowa Department of Public Health Needs Assessment Health Improvement Plan Toolkit https://idph.iowa.gov/Portals/1/userfiles/91/CHNA%26HIP/ Guide/CHNA%26HIP%20Guide%208-2018.pdf

The guide consists of basic steps and tools for community assessment and planning. Key elements include an analysis of community health needs and assets and developing a set of priorities and objectives for taking action.

WHO EH Report: Preventing Disease Through Healthy Environments: A Global Assessment of the Burden of Disease From Environmental Risks https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241565196

The main message emerging from this new comprehensive global assessment is that premature death and disease can be prevented through healthier environments

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

-ASPR Preparedness and Response https://aspr.hhs.gov/Tools/Pages/default.aspx

One-stop place to find trainings, risk assessments, tools, GIS-based data, technical assistance, trainings, and other resources related to emergency preparedness.

Minnesota Department of Health - Community Engagement/Analysis and Needs Assessment https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/ practice/assessplan/lph/community/cha.html

A community health assessment identifies and describes factors that affect the health of a community, and the factors that determine available resources to address those factors. This is a breakdown of the moving parts in a community health assessment.

EPA Tribal Brownfield and Response Programs Toolkit: Respecting Our Land, Revitalizing Our Communities https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-10/documents/ brownfields_tribal_report_2014_508_12-29-14_final_web.pdf

This report highlights how tribes are using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Program funding to address contaminated land in Indian country and other tribal lands. It also highlights the challenges tribes face.