Community Planning for Health Assessment: Index

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.
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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

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Community Planning for Health Assessment: CHA & CHIP

Describe what a community health assessment is in more detail.
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Community Planning for Health Assessment: Data & Benchmarks

Data and indicator analyses providing information on demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.
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Community Planning for Health Assessment: Drivers

Discuss drivers that have led to community health assessment and community improvement planning.
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Community Planning for Health Assessment: Frameworks & Tools

To explain the common elements, differences, and tools of assessment and planning frameworks.
Community Health Worker Resources

Community Planning for Health Assessment: Resources

Describing national organizations offering resources for community health assessments.

Mobilizing for Action through Planning & Partnerships

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.

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Public Health Infrastructure Center