Helping libraries turn community health ideas into stronger, more measurable programs.
Sonoran Evidence Partners creates practical, evidence-informed tools for librarians, public health professionals, and community organizations working at the intersection of libraries and health.
Our work is grounded in a simple belief: libraries are not adjacent to public health. They are trusted, accessible community institutions that can help people find information, navigate resources, build confidence, and connect with support.
We help organizations move beyond good intentions and activity counts by supporting clearer needs assessment, stronger program planning, realistic implementation, and meaningful evaluation.
- Free program refinement support
- Library health program concepts
- Community health needs scan tools
- Implementation and evaluation planning frameworks
Libraries are part of community health infrastructure.
Public health depends on access, trust, communication, and local relationships. Libraries already support these conditions every day. They help people find understandable information, access technology, connect with services, participate in programs, and navigate systems that can otherwise feel confusing or out of reach.
Sonoran Evidence Partners helps libraries and public health partners make that work more intentional, structured, and visible.
Practical support across the full program cycle.
Identify the Need
Use community-informed approaches to identify priority populations, local barriers, existing assets, and practical opportunities.
Choose Stronger Programs
Explore practical public health program concepts designed for libraries and community-based settings.
Plan Implementation
Translate ideas into feasible programs with defined partners, resources, activities, outputs, outcomes, and next steps.
Evaluate Impact
Move beyond attendance and downloads by identifying outcomes that show what changed for participants and communities.
Interactive tools for library-supported public health work.
Program Bank
A growing collection of public health-focused program concepts designed to be realistic, practical, and appropriate for library and community settings.
Community Needs Scan
An interactive toolkit for reviewing local data, identifying priority populations, mapping existing services, and selecting program priorities.
Program Evaluation Framework
A structured tool for pressure-testing assumptions, identifying stakeholders, clarifying questions, and preparing stronger programs before launch.
Implementation + Evaluation Planner
Editable planning frameworks for mapping activities, partnerships, resources, outcomes, equity considerations, implementation risks, and impact measurement.
Built by someone who understands libraries, public health, and evaluation.
Sonoran Evidence Partners was founded by Heather Johnson, whose background spans medical librarianship, public health, evidence translation, health literacy, and program evaluation.
Heather’s work focuses on making evidence usable in real-world settings, especially for organizations trying to design programs that are practical, community-responsive, and measurable.
Her experience as a librarian informs the way Sonoran Evidence Partners approaches this work: with respect for community context, attention to information access, and a commitment to tools that are clear enough to use.
Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) student focused on implementation and evaluation science
Background in medical librarianship, health literacy, evidence translation, and community health
Founder of Sonoran Evidence Partners
Have a community health program idea?
Use the free Program Refiner to think through partners, feasibility, implementation barriers, evaluation opportunities, and practical next steps before launch. For deeper planning support, explore the member library.