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: Christine_Abarca@doh.state.fl.us