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Recorded presentation

Priti Irani, MS¹, Cate Bohn, MPH², Michael Medvesky, MPH², and Marie Miller, MS³. (1) New York State Assessment Initiative, Public Health Information Group, New York State Dept of Health, 750 Corning Tower, ESP, Albany, NY NY 12237, 518-474-2543, pri01@health.state.ny.us, (2) New York State Assessment Initiative, Public Health Information Group, New York State Department of Health, 750 Corning Tower, ESP, Albany, NY 12237, (3) Office of Local Health Services, New York State Department of Health, 821 Corning Tower, ESP, Albany, NY 12237

Local health departments, hospitals, local non-health governmental organizations, and non-profit agencies collaborate to conduct periodic comprehensive community assessments. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has been analyzing community health assessments conducted by local health department assessments with community partners since 1998. The state has responded by offering training, technical assistance and keeping an ongoing dialogue on improving community health assessments. This dialogue resulted in six key products: (1) assessment-related trainings; (2) a web-based Community Health Assessment Clearinghouse; (3) Community Health Assessment Summary Form; (4) Local and State National Public Health Performance Standards Survey Report; (5) Annual Performance Report with 27 core measures, and (6) survey identifying 21 criteria of useful community health assessments. The presenter will share findings from a Spring 2006 survey among local health departments and their partners that collected information about impact of these products on the process and outcome of community health assessments, and the health impact of their assessments in the community. In addition, the presenter will share analyses of observations from community health assessments and annual performance reports submitted by local health departments, community service plans submitted by hospitals, and interviews with community stakeholders.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the framework used for evaluating impact of community health assessments.
• Articulate how assessment impacts the community health improvement process.
• List factors that enable change in the community.

Keywords: Assessments, Community Planning

Related Web page: www.nyhealth.gov/nysdoh/chac/index.htm

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Recorded presentation