Building Prevention Toolkit

Abstract The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) seeks to improve the health and safety of people in Kentucky through prevention, promotion and protection. To that end, DPH Office of Health Equity is piloting the Building Prevention with Faith toolkit. It is critical that the toolkit and accompanying resources incorporate principles of design that maximize accessibility and usability for the broadest array of users as possible. Additionally, the COVID environment requires additional considerations that are critical for successful training and prevention programming. To address these issues, the Human Development Institute (HDI) will create an additional section that can be added as a supplement to the toolkit. This addition will emphasize universal design applications that can be used to enhance successful toolkit implementation and provide resources relevant to underserved groups, including people with disabilities as we continue to navigate the pandemic and post pandemic world. Emphasis will be placed on accessibility with recommendations for alternate methods for sharing information.