THRIVE is a tool to help you understand and prioritize the factors within your own community that can help improve health and safety.  The tool can help answer questions such as: How can I identify key factors in my community and rate their importance?  How are these factors related to health outcomes?  What can I do to address each factor?  Where can I go for more information?

WELCOME TO THRIVE: THE TOOL FOR HEALTH AND RESILIENCE IN VULNERABLE ENVIRONMENTS

Use THRIVE

• Instructions
• Option A: Start here if you know the specific health problems in your community and want to start with these.
• Option B: Go straight to the tool and the full set of factors that promote community health and wellbeing.
• Reference: Health Disparities and Community Health Glossary of Terms

About THRIVE and a community health approach:

• Why use a community health approach to reduce disparities?
• What is THRIVE and how was THRIVE developed?
• How can THRIVE help close the health gap in my community?

Considerations about getting started with THRIVE in your community:

• Readiness:
  • Is my community or organization ready to use THRIVE?
  • Is there a chance we could do damage to the community or its members?
• Planning process:
  • What are the elements of a community planning process?
  • What is the relationship between THRIVE and the elements of community planning process?
• Collaboration:
  • Who should I include in the process?
  • Should I include the health sector?
  • What might I say to engage different stakeholders in a planning process centered on THRIVE?