COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN
Our Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is a coordinated plan of action to respond to the health needs of the community.
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Identify our community health priorities
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Monitor our progress in achieving these outcomes
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Improve our community’s health
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Focus our attention and resources on strategies to affect positive health outcomes
PRIORITIES, STRATEGIC ISSUES & OUTCOME OBJECTIVES
The purpose of the priorities, strategies issues, and outcome objectives are:
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To align community efforts through funding and resource allocation
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To create common targets for improvement
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To represent the focus of the health improvement work to be conducted for the next five years
COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT
The purpose of the community health assessment is:
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To examine health status indicators through quantitative and qualitative data collection methods
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To provide an understanding of health in the community
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To guide and develop the community health improvement plan by justifying how and where resources should be allocated to best meet community needs