Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #111558

Priti R. Irani, MS¹, Cate Bohn, MPH², Robert Fletcher, BBA³, Larry Haas, BS, MBA³, Glynnis Hunt, MS⁴, Marie D. Miller, MS⁵, Afzal Mohammed³, and Cheryl Utter, BSN, MS, MBA⁶. (1) Public Health Information Group-Center for Community Health, New York State Department of Health, 750 Corning Tower, Albany, NY 12237, 518-474-2543, pri01@health.state.ny.us, (2) New York State Dept of Health, Public Health Info Group, CCH, Rm 750, Tower, ESP, Albany, NY 12237, (3) Office of Information Technology and Project Managment - Center for Community Health, New York State Department of Health, 736 Corning Tower, ESP, Albany, NY 12237, (4) Schenectady County Public Health Services, 107 Nott Terrace, Schenectady, NY 12308, (5) Office of Local Health Services, New York State Department of Health, 821 Corning Tower ESP, Albany, NY 12237, (6) Monroe County Health Department, 111 Westfall Road, PO Box 92832, Rochester, NY 14692

In New York, local health departments are required by public health law to submit periodic community health assessments. Local health departments submit critical, qualitative information from these assessments through the Community Health Assessment Electronic Reporting System (CHAERS) to the New York State Department of Health for analysis and information dissemination. The CHAERS uses a three-tiered architecture that is made up of a client, database and server. This presentation will demonstrate how the CHAERS is used, and the short-term impact of using CHAERS at the local, regional and state levels. The presenter will describe what helped with the development, the costs, the challenges, and the benefits of CHAERS.

Learning Objectives:

• Demonstrate how the Community Health Assessment Electronic Reporting System (CHAERS) works.
• Illustrate the impact of collecting and disseminating content collected through CHAERS.
• Understand the benefits, costs and challenges of developing CHAERS.

Keywords: Planning, Evaluation

Related Web page: www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/chac/index.htm

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

Recorded presentation