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Community Health Assessment: A Process for Positive Change*

Community Health Assessment: A Process for Positive Change*. Jefferson County Public Health 2012. * The VHA Foundation. Introductions:. Community Health Assessment Student Groups Steering Committee. What is the Gadget?. Simply push the key that corresponds with your answer choice

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Community Health Assessment: A Process for Positive Change*

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  1. Community Health Assessment: A Process for Positive Change* Jefferson County Public Health 2012 * The VHA Foundation

  2. Introductions: Community Health Assessment • Student Groups • Steering Committee

  3. What is the Gadget? • Simply push the key that corresponds with your answer choice • It will turn on when you push a numbered key

  4. Answer 2/B Polling Open Let’s say you press 2/B on your keypad: Note: after your selection is displayed the screen will go blank Your answer will be displayed on the keypad. The check mark indicates the answer was received properly.

  5. Changing Your Answer Polling Open As long as Polling is Open, you can change your answer by pressing any other key.

  6. Yes No Using your Keypads Have you ever used a clicker before?

  7. Please make your selection... Very Easy Easy Kind of Hard Very Difficult How hard do you think the clicker is to use?

  8. Public Health Accreditation Assures… • Continuous quality improvement • High-performing health departments Who else gets accredited?

  9. Public Health Accreditation • Consists of 12 Domains • Standards for each Domain • Measures for each Standard • All Domains are based on the 10 Public Health Essential Services

  10. Domain 1 Conduct and disseminate assessments focused on population health status and public health issues facing the community Standards We are here Standard 1.1 Participate in or Conduct a Collaborative Process Resulting in a Comprehensive Community Health Assessment

  11. 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

  12. Colorado Health Assessment and Planning System (CHAPS) • Colorado Department of Public Health • Standard process • Meets requirements of the Public Health Reauthorization Act

  13. What is a CHA? Community Health Assessment (CHA) • Dynamic process • Identifies health problems and priorities • Describes the health of the community

  14. How is it done? A systematic approach To determine health status Using existing data from a variety of sources

  15. Accreditation CHAPS Community Health Assessment Community Health Improvement Plan Capacity Assessment Strategic Plan

  16. Ongoing CHA/CHIP cycle Community Health Assessment Evaluation and Learning Community Health Improvement Plan Strategic Action Plan for Implementation

  17. What do the products of the CHA look like? Community Health Profile

  18. 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)

  19. Very Comfortable Somewhat Comfortable Not Sure Yet Scared Forget About It Choose one below… How comfortable do you feel explaining what a CHA is to the person sitting next to you?

  20. Since this is a data-driven process…let’s test your knowledge

  21. Choose one below… 26% 36% 46% 56% 66% What percentage of adults in Jefferson County are overweight and obese?

  22. Choose one below… 4 8 12 18 22 Of 150 JeffCo schools, how many have a free and reduced lunch rate of over 75% of the student population?

  23. Choose one below… 200 800 1600 2400 3200 In 2001, there were 59 homeless students in JeffCo schools. What is the current number?

  24. We need your help!

  25. Inclusive Process! Surveys soliciting your input Invitations to share your thoughts Other wonderful opportunities… Actively Participate!

  26. So let’s try it!

  27. Choose one below… Denver Jefferson Arapahoe Adams Douglas Gilpin Broomfield Boulder Other Which County do you live in?

  28. Choose one below… Arvada Edgewater Golden Lakewood Morrison Unincorporated Westminster Wheat Ridge Bow Mar/Lakeside/Mt. View If you live in JeffCo, what municipality do you live in?

  29. Please make your selection... Very Easy Easy Kind of Hard Very Difficult How hard do you think the clicker is to use?

  30. Very Comfortable Somewhat Comfortable Not Sure Yet Scared Forget About It Choose one below… How comfortable do you feel explaining what a CHA is to the person sitting next to you?

  31. “Be curious always!  For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it” ~Sudie Back Questions, Comments, Feedback?

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