1. Healthy Shawnee County Task Force
Community Health Assessment Learning Collaborative
Learning Session #1
19 September 2012
Wichita, KS
Mary Homan, St. Francis Health Center
Bob Hedberg, Shawnee County Health Agency

2. History 1995 PRC Community Health Assessment 2006 Community Assessment
$75,000 Kansas Health Foundation grant
Stormont-Vail HealthCare, St. Francis Health Center, United Way of Greater Topeka, Shawnee County Health Agency
Phone survey, focus groups, post-workshops
2006 Community Assessment
Cost: $70,000 ETC Institute, Olathe
No grant money
Same players, plus others
Mail survey, leadership survey, post-workshops

3. The Process

5. Infrastructure

6. Steering Committee Shawnee County Health Agency
Allison Alejos, Director, Local Public Health Department
Bob Hedberg, Grants & Special Projects Officer
St. Francis Health Center
Mary Homan, Director, Mission & Ethics
Stormont-Vail HealthCare
Tom Luellen, Director, Planning & Business Support

7. Assessment Advisory Committee
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
Community Action
Community Resources Council
CoreFirst Bank & Trust
Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging
Kansas Children’s Service League
Marian Clinic (safety net clinic)
Topeka 501 School District
United Way of Greater Topeka

8. Goals & Objectives

9. CHNA Goals
Meet requirements of local health department accreditation and hospital IRS requirements
Collaborate with local public health experts and community stakeholders to collect and utilize primary and secondary data to assess health needs of Shawnee County
Identify and prioritize top health needs in Shawnee County

10. Data Sources Kansas Health Matters Indicators County Health Rankings
Perception Survey by Community Members on the KHM Indicators
Three “Focused” Focus Groups
Open-Ended Survey to “Public Health Experts”

11. Objectives
Create community health needs assessment website with findings and data interface
Work with 15 local agencies to identify top 10 indicators
Identify existing community assets to integrate into five prioritized needs for program/intervention planning.
Solicit input from respective governing bodies on three specific implementation strategies.
Develop workgroup of relevant community agencies to continue community health improvement process.

12. Relationships

13. Characteristics of a Successful Relationship
Clear about goals and purpose
Aware of partners' roles and responsibilities
Clear strategic overview of performance through robust monitoring and evaluation
Source: Hunter D, Perkins N. Partnership working in public health: the implications for governance of a systems approach. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2012;17 Suppl 2:45–52.

14. Centrality & Relevance

15. Stewards of the Process aka Shared Governance
Steering Committee
Assessment Advisory Committee
Initiatives
Priorities
Community Input

16. Where We’re Going

17. Improving the Health of Shawnee County
Community Health Improvement Plan
HSC Task Force
Assessment Advisory Committee
Key PH Experts
Healthcare
Social Services
Other Health/Wellness Stakeholders
General Public

18. Current Timeline
August 2011
Shawnee County Health Agency, Stormont-Vail, & SFHC begin monthly meetings.
December 2011
Shawnee CHNA group identifies objectives for project.
February 2012
KAN PICH sends out public press release for Kansas Health Matters website.
Shawnee CHNA group adopts name Healthy Shawnee County Task Force (HSCTF).
March 2012
Healthy Shawnee County Task Force identifies top 10 health indicators.
May – Aug 2012
Formation of Assessment Advisory Community to solicit community input regarding top 10 indicators. Community Focus Groups held.
Sep – Dec 2012
Evaluation of community input, identify community assets. Design of implementation strategy.
2013
Adoption implementation strategy. Make CHNA & CHIP widely available to community.

19. Planning & Monitoring Change
Link outcomes and strategies to Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators
Develop workgroup of relevant community agencies to continue community health improvement process
Empower community members and community agencies to work collaboratively on prioritized issues or other HP2020 indicators
Evaluate progress on priorities of St. Francis Health Center, Shawnee County Health Agency or Stormont-Vail HealthCare’s in conjunction with other community-wide initiatives
How can individual organizational strategies complement other strategies?

20. Thank you!
Questions?

21. Articles of Interest
Abbott AL. Community Benefits and Health Reform:  Creating New Links for Public Health and Not-for-Profit Hospitals. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2011;17(6):524–529.
Bilton M. Community Health Needs Assessment. Trustee. 2011;64(9):21–24.
Hunter D, Perkins N. Partnership working in public health: the implications for governance of a systems approach. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2012;17 Suppl 2:45–52.
Mitchell SM, Shortell SM. The governance and management of effective community health partnerships: a typology for research, policy, and practice. Milbank Q. 2000;78(2):241–289, 151.
Shortell SM, Washington PK, Baxter RJ. The contribution of hospitals and health care systems to community health. Annu Rev Public Health. 2009;30:373–383.