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Galveston County Health Needs Assessment: Improving Health & Well-being

The Galveston County Health Needs Assessment aims to provide evidence-based baseline estimates of health status, disease prevalence, access to healthcare, disaster preparedness, and community perceptions in Galveston County. The assessment will involve a stratified random sample survey of adults living in the county, with a focus on underserved populations. The findings will inform strategic planning, priority-setting, and program monitoring for improving health and well-being in the community.

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Galveston County Health Needs Assessment: Improving Health & Well-being

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  1. The REACH Galveston County Health Needs Assessment: Developing an Evidence-Base for Improving Health & Well-being in Galveston County

  2. REACH Mission • Umbrella board developed to serve as the bidirectional mechanism to engage community leaders with multiple UTMB Center and Institute leaders to: • Build research and academic-community partnerships • Inform research development and implementation across the translational spectrum from basic science to public health • Impact community health and wellness through community intervention and dissemination of best practices • Evaluate both process of networking and products

  3. Roles for REACH Advise leadership of UTMB Institute for Translational Science (ITS) and other Centers related to setting priorities, identifying issues of concern, and providing recommendations for governance as needed Serve as advising entity for research teams related to community-based and patient-engaged research Liaise with broader community for communication and dissemination of information

  4. REACH Membership • Multiple Centers and Institutes: • ITS, CET, GNL, Inst. for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Addiction Research, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women’s Health, Center for Hispanic Excellence, proposed Children’s Environmental Health Center • Broad-based, high-impact Galveston community participation: • Social service providers, public and mental health agencies, clinicians, law enforcement, cultural and faith-based organizations, Chambers of Commerce, local schools and colleges, and industry

  5. Assessment Background • Essential to any population-level translational research effort is accurate information about your target population.  • Data for population health indicators at small area geographies is often difficult to obtain, particularly in areas outside of only the largest cities in the U.S.  • - Galveston County is no exception.  • Galveston County Community Health Needs Assessment seeks to fill the data gap by providing both UTMB researchers and our community partners with better population health estimates for the county

  6. Purpose • The Galveston County Health Needs Assessment is being conducted collaboratively by the UTMB ITS Community Engagement and Research Resource in partnership with the Galveston REACH Coalition, to provide evidence-based baseline estimates among the general adult population of Galveston County in terms of: • Health status and Quality of Life; • Disease, health determinant, and health behavior prevalence; • Access to health care, health-related services, and similar resources; • Disaster preparedness; and • Perceptions of neighborhoods and communities in terms of health, health risk,  and health promotion

  7. Assessment Survey • Stratified random sample of adults living in Galveston County • Oversampling in rural & predominately lower-income areas • Aim is to get a sample representing the entire County, not just a particular group • Mail-out survey, with options to take online • Survey completion support centers at public facilities • Remuneration • Details still being discussed

  8. Survey Content • General Health Status • Morbidity • Symptomatology • Access to Health Services • Access • Primary Care • Mental Health • Insurance • Cost and cost-sharing • Access to Other Critical Goods and Services • Food • Transportation • Employment • Health Behaviors • Screenings & Vaccinations • Diet • Smoking • Seat-belts • Exercise • Social interaction • Needed and Utilized Community-based Resources • Disaster Preparedness • Perceptions & Opinions of Neighborhood • Community Status • Demographics

  9. Sampling Area (outlined in red)

  10. Geographic Strata

  11. Current Status • Developing outreach material • Vetting survey domains with stakeholders • Finalizing survey instrument based on stakeholder feedback • Obtaining IRB clearance • Programming online survey • Finalizing budget and fundraising strategies

  12. How the Assessment can be Used • Organizational strategic planning • Identification of priority areas for focusing efforts, funding, etc. • Alignment of efforts across partner organizations • Monitoring impacts of efforts

  13. Limitations • Recruitment Strategy • Expected Low Return Rate • Small Sample Size • Hard to Reach Populations • Self-Report

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