Benton Franklin Community Health Assessment A Retrospective Robert Smart, Ph.D.

Benton-Franklin Community Health Needs Assessment Benton-Franklin Community Health Alliance, Lourdes Health Network, Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Kennewick General Hospital, Group Health Cooperative, Prosser Memorial Hospital, and the Benton- Franklin Health District

 Describe at least 2 reasons why it is important to conduct a community health needs assessment  List 2 functions of the steering committee in this process  Recognize that Community wide Health Needs Assessments are a best practice Objectives

What is a Community Health Needs Assessment? …both a product and a process …a systematic way of identifying the needs, priorities, and resources of a community

Who has been invited to the table? Group Health Cooperative CBC WSU-TC Nursing Program American Diabetes Association Grace Clinic Tri-City Cancer Center Benton-Franklin Health District Tri-City Community Health Prosser Memorial Hospital ESD 123 League of Women Voters TC Regional Chamber of Commerce Benton-Franklin Medical Society United Way/Community Solutions CSC Hanford Occ. Services Tri-City Chaplaincy PNNL Lourdes Counseling Center WA State Dept of Commerce Elected Officials Area Council on Aging

Beginnings

Dr. Montgomery’s Presentation Healthy Youth Survey 2010 Students Self Reported Aggregated Data

Many schools participate in the Healthy Youth Survey

While it is self-reported data, it is generally thought to be informative

Mitchell & Wilson’s data shared by Rebecca

Captured demographics of the Benton Franklin area

Economic Overview of the Area file://localhost/Users/smarty317/Downloads/Economic- Overview-BF-Health-Care-rev.ppsx file://localhost/Users/smarty317/Downloads/Economic- Overview-BF-Health-Care-rev.ppsx

What’s Killing Us? Loreen Renee’s thoughtful analysis of of: Top 10 causes of death organized by age, gender, and ethnicity

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Teaching Community Assessments Kay Olson, RN MN Washington State University College of Nursing

Teaching Objectives Perform assessments at the individual/family, community & systems levels. Synthesize evidence-based data from research findings & professional literature. Propose and/or initiate nursing interventions using Community Health Nursing concepts and models.

Core Functions & 10 Essential Services Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems. Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems. Monitor Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community. Diagnose and investigate Diagnose and investigate Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues. Inform, educate Inform, educate Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems. Mobilize Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts. Develop policies and plans Develop policies and plans Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety. Enforce Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable. Link Assure competent public and personal health care workforce. Assure competent public and personal health care workforce. Assure Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services. Evaluate Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems. Research

Community Health Defining Community Community: Group of people having common personal/environmental characteristics Geopolitical: Defined or formed by natural or manmade boundaries. Phenominological: Relational, interactive groups based on: CultureValuesHistoryInterestsGoals

Better understanding of needs leads to more informed decision making Proactively planning and addressing issues before these issues become unmanageable Target our efforts to obtain needed resources Establish priorities and focus Service to community by increasing awareness Ultimately—a healthier community! Why do a community health needs assessment?

It wouldn’t happen… Without you! Thank you for your commitment and service!