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Community health assessment (CHA) is the foundation for improving and promoting the health of county residents. Community is defined as “county” for the purposes of the North Carolina Community Health Assessment Process. The role of CHA is to identify factors that affect the health of a population and determine the availability of resources within the county to adequately address these factors. Through collaborative efforts forged among county leaders, public health agencies, businesses, hospitals, medical providers, academic centers, and others interested in community health, residents can begin to answer key questions such as: (a) “What are the strengths in our community?” (b) “What health concerns do county residents have?” (c) “What are the emerging health issues in the community?” and (d) “What other resources are needed in the county to address these concerns?”

Because it is good evidence-based public health practice, CHA is required of public health departments in the consolidated agreement between the NC Division of Public Health and local public health departments. Furthermore, it is required for local public health department accreditation through the NC Local Health Department Accreditation Board.

Community-based assessment is the first step in the community health planning process. As encouraged in the North Carolina Community Health Assessment Process, county residents take the lead role in forming partnerships, gathering health-related data, determining priority health issues, identifying resources, and planning community health programs. In this framework, the assessment process starts with the people who live in the community and continues their involvement through the implementation of strategies developed for addressing these problems. This way, community health assessment is done by the community rather than on the community.

Book Name	Community Health Assessment Guide Book-2011
Author	Jeffrey P. Engel, Debi Nelson and Karen Knight
Language	English
Format	PDF
Size	1.27 MB
Pages	108

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