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FloridaSeptember 2004
Comprehensive Assessment, Strategic Success
Community Health Assessment
Florida
Community Health Assessment - Background
• Florida Department of Health (DOH)– 67 county health departments
• Assessment housed in DOH Office of Planning, Evaluation and Data Analysis
• No systematic process for community health assessment
• In 2001 initiated development of public health statistics website to support community health assessment
• Resource search for extramural funding
Infrastructure Development
• Priority of DOH as essential public health work• Identification of framework for comprehensive, systematic
practice– Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships
(MAPP)• Marshal resources
– Expertise, in-kind support, statewide partnerships, funding
• Select strategic priorities– Policy development– Workforce skills enhancement– Tools and resources
Strategic Priority – Policy Development
• Statewide Advisory Group• Benchmarks for community health
assessment practice– Linked with Core Functions and
Essential Services– National Public Health
Performance Standards• Performance Standards for CHD
directors• Integrated into DOH Quality
Improvement process
Strategic Priority – Workforce Skills Enhancement
• Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) strategic planning tool– Community partnership building– Facilitative leadership– Evaluation
• Using data effectively– Identification– Application– Community health status profile report– Presenting and
communicating data
Strategic Priority – Tools and Resources
• CHARTS (Community Health Assessment Resource Tool Set) public health statistics website at www.floridacharts.com
• COMPASS website• Florida MAPP Field Guide
– On-line and print– Step-by-step guide– Tip sheets, worksheets
• Marketing materials– Florida MAPP Tour Book
• Technical assistance
Ongoing Efforts and Future Directions
• Expand communication networks– Among CHDs and community partner agencies
• Collect, share success stories– Build model practice warehouse
• Develop on-line systems– Community health status profile template– Reporting mechanisms
• Link assessment activities– PACE EH, Chronic Disease
• Institutionalize assessment practice• Enhance public health practice
For more information
• COMPASS website www.doh.state.fl.us from subject listing, choose COMPASS
• CHARTS www.floridacharts.com
Contact Information
Christine Abarca, MPH, CHES
Florida Department of Health
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Data Analysis
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A05
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1706
Phone: 850-245-4444 ext. 2071
E-mail: [email protected]