At any time, you can click on each of the clusters and any of the factors to get more information about how it is related to good health and health problems. If you would like a copy of your completed assessment, please print before moving on.

1: Priority Rating:
Taking into account the highest priority health concerns in your community, please rate each of the following factors according to their priority of high (H), medium (M), and low (L). Specifically, the priority rating should indicate how important you think it is that your community addresses that particular factor.

2: Community Effectiveness Scores:
Please rate each of the factors according to how effective your community is at fostering it. Use the 5-point scale below to rate your community's effectiveness. Enter the number that most closely represents your rating of your community.

• 1 = Elements not in place and harmful to health or inappropriate for needs of community
• 2 = Few elements are in place, but needs improvement regarding quality, access, availability, and/or cultural and developmental appropriateness
• 3 = Some elements are in place and well developed. These elements are culturally appropriate and meet the range of developmental needs
• 4 = Many elements are in place and on the road to full development, but there is some room for improvement
• 5 = Meets range of developmental needs. Elements are culturally appropriate, accessible, and available to the community

3: Take Action:
Based on your priority rating and your community effectiveness rating, please put a check next to the factor(s) you are interested in taking action on. Information about how to address these factors will appear on the next page. For information about how a community factor relates to health and safety, you can click on it and assess how important that factor is for your community.  More information about how to prioritize factors can be found here: How do we prioritize which factors to work on?