Community Health Assessment

Community Health Assessment (CHA) is defined as a method of collecting, analyzing, and using data to educate and mobilize communities, develop priorities, generate resources, and plan actions to improve public health.

Assessing our community’s health is crucial to program development and implementation. The Benton Franklin Health District provides community health data to the public, agencies, providers, and anyone interested in learning more about health disparities and the effects on the community.

For additional information contact:

Veronica Ruiz-Gutierrez, MPH Assessment Coordinator

509-460-4558

veronicag@bfhd.wa.gov

Statistics

Reports:

2006 Combined Annual Report

2006 Executive Summary

2007 BFHD Annual Report

2007 Executive Summary

Strategic Plan 2009-2014

Smile Survey

Community Health Assessment for Benton and Franklin County 2004 (51K): In 2003, the Benton Franklin Health District embarked on a community assessment which was based on the Key Health Indicator Report Card which is part of Washington State’s Public Health Improvement Partnership. Utilizing the framework of the state-wide indicators, an assessment was done to approximate the measurements on the state report card. The Gilmore Research Group in Seattle was the contractor for administering and analyzing the telephone survey based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Additional data was collected to complete the report card and the total results were compiled as part of a thesis by an MPH student from the University of Washington.

Summary BRFSS Findings (30K)

Benton County Franklin County: A Survey of the Adult Population 2006 (PDF)

Logic Models:

Children with Special Health Care Needs

Safe Babies Safe Moms

Expedited Partner Therapy Program (EPT)

Notifiable Conditions

STD Epidemiology

Benton Franklin Health District Directory:

Guide to Programs and Services

Programs and Services Organizational Chart

Recommended List of Data Sources:

PDF Document (onlinedatasources)

Health Data Links on Other Websites:

Washington State Department of Health

CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

National Center for Health Statistics

National Institutes of Health

Washington State Office of Financial Management

Washington State Public Health Improvement Plan Partnership

Healthy Youth Survey Data

U.S. Census Bureau

2007 SMART BRFSS Data and Prevalence Tables

Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Source