CASPERs in Illinois

2017 – Boone County Health Department 2017 Preparedness CASPER

Type: Preparedness
Location: Boone County
Purpose: To identify health perceptions in the Boone County community and assess resilience and emergency preparedness. CASPER goals included: (1) gain valid, representative data on community preparedness, health behaviors and community health perceptions to use in their community health assessment and identify public health needs in our community; and (2) disseminate health information and prevention messages to the community.
Report: http://www.boonecountyil.org/content/health-administration

2016 – Clay County Community Health Assessment

Type: Preparedness
Location: Clay County
Purpose: To rapidly obtain valid, representative data on emergency preparedness, health behaviors, and community health perceptions; build capacity for the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit and expand into non-emergency public health initiatives; exercise the incident command staff and volunteers in volunteer management; and disseminate public health information to the community.
Report: http://www.healthdept.org/

2016 – Functional Needs Mapping of Bloomington and Normal

Type: Preparedness
Location: Bloomington
Purpose: The McLean County Health Department and Illinois State University collaborated to survey Bloomington and Normal to develop maps to indicate concentrations of residents with functional needs. CASPER was used to supplement a hard copy and online version of the survey.
Report: http://il-mcleancountyhealth.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/3327