COMMUNTY HEALTH ASSESSMENT
Community Health Assessments & Health Improvement Plans What Is a Community Health Assessment? A community health assessment (sometimes called a CHA), also known as community health needs assessment (sometimes called a CHNA), refers to a state, tribal, local, or territorial health assessment that identifies key health needs and issues through systematic, comprehensive data collection and analysis. Community health assessments use such principles as Multisector collaborations that support shared ownership of all phases of community health improvement, including assessment, planning, investment, implementation, and evaluation Proactive, broad, and diverse community engagement to improve results A definition of community that encompasses both a significant enough area to allow for population-wide interventions and measurable results, and includes a targeted focus to address disparities among subpopulations Maximum transparency to improve community engagement and accountability Use of ...
