Key points
- A community health assessment gives organizations comprehensive information about the community's current health status, needs, and issues. In turn, this information can help with developing a community health improvement plan by justifying how and where resources should be allocated to best meet community needs.
Overview
The information and guidance on these pages can help state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments as they develop community health assessments and health improvement plans, whether for accreditation preparation, nonprofit hospital collaboration, or other reasons.
Resources
Describe what a community health assessment is in more detail.
Data and indicator analyses providing information on demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.
Discuss drivers that have led to community health assessment and community improvement planning.
To explain the common elements, differences, and tools of assessment and planning frameworks.
Describing national organizations offering resources for community health assessments.
Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) is a community-driven strategic planning process for improving community health. Visit this site to discover how the MAPP model guides system and community partners through a community health improvement planning process.
Content Source:
Public Health Infrastructure Center