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Healthy Shawnee County Task Force. Community Health Assessment Learning Collaborative 25 April 2013 Tom Luellen, Stormont-Vail HealthCare Bob Hedberg, Shawnee County Health Agency. The Players. Shawnee County Health Agency, Topeka St. Francis Health Center, Topeka
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Healthy Shawnee County Task Force Community Health Assessment Learning Collaborative 25 April 2013 Tom Luellen, Stormont-Vail HealthCare Bob Hedberg, Shawnee County Health Agency
The Players • Shawnee County Health Agency, Topeka • St. Francis Health Center, Topeka • Stormont-Vail HealthCare, Topeka All 3 organizations are located within a 2 block radius.
Competitors and Collaborators St. Francis Health Center Stormont-Vail HealthCare Compete: • Medical/Surgical Service Lines • Maternal/Child Service Lines Collaborate: • Topeka Air Ambulance • Building Blocks Day Care Center • Kansas Dialysis Service • MRI of Kansas • Community Health Needs Assessments
History – Community Assessments • 1995 PRC Community Health Assessment • $75,000 Kansas Health Foundation grant • Stormont-Vail HealthCare, St. Francis Health Center, United Way of Greater Topeka, Shawnee County Health Agency • Phone survey, focus groups, post-workshops • 2006 Community Assessment • Cost: $70,000 ETC Institute, Olathe • No grant money • Same players, plus others • Mail survey, leadership survey, post-workshops
Steering Committee • Shawnee County Health Agency • Allison Alejos, Director, Local Public Health Department • Bob Hedberg, Grants & Special Projects Officer • St. Francis Health Center • Mary Homan, Director, Mission & Ethics • Stormont-Vail HealthCare • Tom Luellen, Director, Planning & Business Support
Assessment Advisory Committee • Antioch Missionary Baptist Church • Community Action • Community Resources Council • CoreFirst Bank & Trust • Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging • Kansas Children’s Service League • Marian Clinic (safety net clinic) • Topeka 501 School District • United Way of Greater Topeka
CHNA Goals • Meet requirements of local health department accreditation and hospital IRS requirements • Collaborate with local public health experts and community stakeholders to collect and utilize primary and secondary data to assess health needs of Shawnee County • Identify and prioritize top health needs in Shawnee County
Data Sources • Kansas Health Matters Indicators • County Health Rankings • Perception Survey by Community Members on the KHM Indicators • Three “Focused” Focus Groups • Open-Ended Survey to “Public Health Experts”
Objectives • Create community health needs assessment website with findings and data interface • Work with 15 local agencies to identify top 10 indicators • Identify existing community assets to integrate into five prioritized needs for program/intervention planning. • Solicit input from respective governing bodies on three specific implementation strategies. • Develop workgroup of relevant community agencies to continue community health improvement process.
Characteristics of a Successful Relationship • Clear about goals and purpose • Aware of partners' roles and responsibilities • Clear strategic overview of performance through robust monitoring and evaluation Source: Hunter D, Perkins N. Partnership working in public health: the implications for governance of a systems approach. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2012;17 Suppl 2:45–52.
Initial Steps to Improve Shawnee County’ Health Shawnee County Safety Net Summit • Key stakeholders collaborating to coordinate care and increase access for the underserved population St. Francis/Stormont-Vail initial priorities • Access to care • Infant mortality • Obesity
Planning & Monitoring Change • Link outcomes and strategies to Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators • Develop workgroup of relevant community agencies to continue community health improvement process • Empower community members and community agencies to work collaboratively on prioritized issues or other HP2020 indicators • Evaluate progress on priorities of St. Francis Health Center, Shawnee County Health Agency or Stormont-Vail HealthCare’s in conjunction with other community-wide initiatives • How can individual organizational strategies complement other strategies?
Thank you! Questions?Email healthyshawneecounty@gmail.com