The Influence of Community Factors on Health: An Annotated Bibliography provides insight into the findings of researchers who have investigated community effects on health, and the program and policy implications that can be drawn from their work. Developed by PolicyLink, and funded by The California Endowment, this annotated bibliography contains summaries of over 150 articles, reports, and books on how environmental, social, and economic conditions of community life affect health. This unprecedented collection of sources will be useful to foundations, practitioners, researchers, instructors, community-based organizations and policymakers who are working to reduce the higher rates of certain diseases and chronic conditions among low-income communities of color.

PolicyLink has developed this searchable web-based version of the document that can be used to:

• understand current research on community factors and health;
• develop programs and policies to strengthen communities and improve health;
• identify research for use in reports and studies; and
• identify research for use in policy campaigns.

Users are offered a choice of search options: search by sections listed in the table of contents ("Browse by Section") or by terms of interest ("Search").