The Community Guide - PHAB Crosswalk

Interest in initiatives that focus on public health improvement is increasing. This includes support for accreditation of public health departments, administered by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) . Interest in public health improvement is also shown by increasing expectations that health departments should use evidence-based programs, services, and policies such as those included in The Community Guide.

• The Community Guide – PHAB Crosswalk: A Tool to Support Accreditation and Increase Use of Evidence-Based Approaches Version 1.0 (Full Report)   [PDF - 1.82 MB]
• Community Guide – PHAB Crosswalk Table 1: Matching Evidence-based Interventions from The Community Guide to PHAB Domains, Standards and Measures Version 1.0   [PDF - 1.10 MB]
• Community Guide – PHAB Crosswalk Table 2: Matching PHAB Domains, Standards and Measures to Community Guide Topics and Evidence-based Interventions Version 1.0   [PDF - 1.40 MB]

The Community Guide – PHAB Crosswalk is a tool to assist health departments in identifying evidence-based interventions from The Community Guide whose implementation could help document conformity with PHAB domains, standards, and measures. The PHAB Standards and Measures  [PDF - 1.79 MB]  document serves as the official standards, measures, required documentation, and guidance blueprint for national public health department accreditation. The document encourages, and sometimes requires, the use of evidence-based approaches in public health, given their importance in helping health departments achieve their public health goals.

The Crosswalk provides two tables that match PHAB measures and required documentation with evidence-based interventions from The Community Guide. It is important to read the instructions included in the Crosswalk to ensure that you use the tables in ways that can provide adequate documentation for PHAB.

• Table 1 cross-references PHAB domains, standards, and measures with related interventions from The Community Guide that could help provide documentation for accreditation.
• Table 2 may help accreditation preparation staff to engage with program staff that may be unfamiliar with PHAB. The table is searchable by Community Guide topic area, identifying the PHAB measures that relate to each of the evidence-based interventions within the Community Guide topic.

The Crosswalk will be updated on a regular basis to ensure that it reflects new and updated Task Force findings as well as modifications to PHAB domains, standards, and measures.