One of the core functions in public health, assessment is the systematic collection, assembly, analysis, and dissemination of information about the health of a community. The Virginia Assessment Initiative Project is a 5 year cooperative agreement between VDH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The purpose of this project is to improve the way data are used to provide information for public health decisions and policy in Virginia.

Putting Women's Health Care Disparities on the Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level provides a rare state-level look at disparities among women of different races and ethnicities on a broad range of indicators of health and well-being. State-specific fact sheets and interactive maps and data tables that draw on the report findings are presented here.

The US Department of Health and Human Services has published the Community Health Status Indicators Report, which contains health indicator data on over 200 measures for every county in the United States.

• Mobilizing for Action Through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
• Community Health Assessment Clearinghouse
• North Carolina Community Health Assessment
• AssessNow
• COMPASS (Florida Department of Health)
• The Community Tool Box (KU)
• Health Data Tools and Statistics - Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
• Community Engagement (MN Department of Health)