Measurement and Meaning Making
Measuring Well-Being
How measuring well-being can be a north star for transformative change where all people and all places thrive together – no exceptions.
Featured Collections
Measuring Well-Being
This collection introduces the well-being survey and Cantril’s Ladder of Life Evaluation
Thriving as a North Star for Community Well-Being
This collection introduces the importance of measuring well-being and how well-being is tied to health outcomes.
Featured Resources
A Community-Centered Approach to Data Sharing and Policy Change: Lessons for Advancing Health Equity
Report produced by Center for Health Care Strategies, highlighting key lessons to inform data-sharing partnerships between community-based organizations, state ...
Trends and Geographical Variation in Population Thriving, Struggling and Suffering Across the USA, 2008–2017: a Retrospective Repeated Cross-Sectional Study
The percentage of the US population thriving increased from 2008 to 2017 while the percentage suffering remained unchanged. Marked geographical variation exists...
Seven Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being
This Community Commons collection introduces the Seven Vital Conditions for Well-Being.
Exploratory Measures for Belonging and Civic Muscle
This Community Commons collection describes ways to measure Belonging & Civic Muslce.
Americans’ Life Ratings Reach Record High
This July 2021 article indicates that the percentage of Americans who evaluate their lives well enough to be considered “thriving” on Gallup’s...
Life Ratings Among Black Americans Erode During Trump Era
This article from Gallup discusses how the results from the 2020 life evaluation shows that Black Americans self-evaluation of thriving has decreased from 2008 ...
Aligning Systems with Communities to Advance Equity through Shared Measurement: Guiding Principles
To break down silos and effectively address inequities, systems must work together with each other and with community members to collectively align their action...
Data Sovereignty: 9/25/19 Webinar
This webinar explains the concept of data sovereignty, discusses data sovereignty in terms of Medicaid Transformation in Washington, and considers next steps fo...
Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Measurement Guide
This guide describes how performance will be measured for all accountable entities participating in the Medicaid Transformation effort, via the Transformation t...
Health Care Data 101
This informational guide introduces non-health sector professionals to health care data. This guide answers questions on topics such as health care data collect...
Good for Health, Good for Business: The Case for Measuring Patient Experience of Care
This brief outlines the clinical and business benefits of measuring and addressing patient experience of care, and offers messages for conveying this informatio...
Measuring Well-Being of Older Adult Clients and Community Members
This toolkit provides guidance for community-based organizations on how to use the Adult Well-Being Assessment (AWA). The AWA is a practical and easy-to-use met...
The Science of Thriving
The science of thriving has informed an easy-to-use, realtime survey that measures well-being and has the ability to both catalyze change and assess progress on...
Issue Briefs to Inform Development and Implementation of Healthy People 2030
This report presents a compilation of issue briefs to help inform and provide recommendations for developing and implementing national health promotion and dise...
Population Well-Being Measures Help Explain Geographic Disparities In Life Expectancy At The County Level
Although race and socioeconomic disparities contribute greatly to geographic disparities in life expectancy, they do not fully explain the differences in life e...
Imagine Fox Cities Summit [presentation]
This presentation presents the results and findings of Imagine Fox Cities’ well-being survey and community conversations. It also explores how Imagine Fox...
How Does the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index Work?: Measuring Career, Social, Financial, Community and Physical Wellbeing
This article provides an overview of the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index and its methodology.
Where’s WALY? : A Proof of Concept Study of the ‘Wellbeing Adjusted Life Year’ Using Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data
This journal article explore the need for a Wellbeing-Adjusted Life Year (WALY) measure, an alternative to the Quality-Adjusted Life Year (QALY) which...
Health and Well-being Measurement Approach and Assessment Guide
This guide is intended to serve as a resource for understanding the current state of the field of health and well-being as it relates to measurement. It also pr...
Commons Good Podcast: 100 Million Healthier Lives Shannon Welch and Tricia Zahn
Listen in as Shannon Welch and Tricia Zahn share their experiences using the Community of Solutions Framework to create a culture of health and well-being; buil...
Healthy People 2020 Progress Review: Social Determinants of Health and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health
This presentation slide deck provides a progress review on social determinants of health for the LGBTQ community.
Well-being Assessment (Youth)
This 11-item assessment for adolescents provides an overall measure of how an individual feels about their life.
Well-being Assessment (Adult 24 – items)
This 24-item assessment for adults provides an overall measure of how an individual feels about their life.
Well-being Assessment (Adult – 12 items)
This 12-item assessment for adults provides an overall measure of how an individual feels about their life.
Kershaw County: Youth on Fire to Build a Healthier Today
Livewell Kershaw Coalition is moving the needle on population health in Kershaw County through co-designed solutions to improved well-being in high school youth...
WIN Pacesetter: Advancing Intergenerational Well-Being in Fox Cities, Wisconsin
WIN pacesetters are communities leading the way when it comes to creating legacies of intergenerational well-being for all. Local changemakers, as stewards, wor...
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