Community Health Assessment: A Process for Positive Change* * The VHA Foundation Jefferson County Public Health 2012
Jan 13, 2016
Community Health Assessment:
A Process for Positive Change*
* The VHA Foundation
Jefferson County Public Health2012
Introductions:
Community Health Assessment
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Public Health Accreditation
Assures…Continuous quality improvement High-performing health
departments
Who else gets accredited?
Public Health AccreditationConsists of 12 Domains
Standards for each Domain
Measures for each Standard
All Domains are based on the 10 Public Health
Essential Services
Conduct and disseminate assessments focused on population health status and
public health issues facing the community
Domain 1
Standard 1.1 Participate in or Conduct a Collaborative Process
Resulting in a Comprehensive Community Health Assessment
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Senate Bill 194
Establish public health improvement plans Assess the capacity of public health
system Increase the efficiency and effectiveness Identify areas needing greater resource
allocation
Colorado Public Health Reauthorization Act
Colorado Health Assessment and Planning System (CHAPS)
Colorado Department of Public Health
Standard process
Meets requirements of the Public Health Reauthorization Act
What is a CHA?
Dynamic process
Identifies health problems and priorities
Describes the health of the community
Community Health Assessment (CHA)
How is it done?
A systematic approach
To determine health status
Using existing data from a variety of sources
CHAPS
Community Health Assessment
Community Health Improvement Plan
Capacity Assessment
Strategic Plan
CHAPS
Community Health Assessment
Community Health Improvement Plan
Capacity Assessment
Strategic Plan
Accreditation
Community Health
Assessment
Evaluation and Learning
Community Health Improvement Plan
Strategic Action Plan for Implementation
Ongoing CHA/CHIP cycle
What do the products of the CHA look like?
Community Health Profile
How will the Community Health Profile be used?
Guide to help identify the health priorities
Directs the public health system and community
To collectively address health priorities
Resulting in a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)
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What percentage of adults in Jefferson
County are overweight and obese?
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1. 42. 83. 124. 185. 22
Of 150 JeffCo schools, how many have a free
and reduced lunch rate of over 75% of the
student population?
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1. 2002. 8003. 16004. 24005. 3200
In 2001, there were 59 homeless students in
JeffCo schools.
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1. Denver2. Jefferson3. Arapahoe4. Adams5. Douglas6. Gilpin7. Broomfield8. Boulder9. Other
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1. Arvada2. Edgewater3. Golden4. Lakewood5. Morrison6. Unincorporated7. Westminster8. Wheat Ridge9. Bow Mar/Lakeside/Mt. View
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