Community Health Assessment:

A Process for Positive Change*

* The VHA Foundation

Jefferson County Public Health2012

Introductions:

Community Health Assessment

Student Groups Steering Committee

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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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