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Helps nurses collaborate with and meet new partners. Helps us to understand and identify health disparities. Priorities are based on the community being assessed.

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What is a Community Health Needs Assessment? 

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What is a Community Health Needs Assessment? 

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It is a health assessment performed at the local or state level in order to identify health needs and issues throughout communities. It gives a comprehensive look into a community's current health status. These assessments usually include a community health improvement plan. This plan is created using the assessment data in order to improve the health status of the community.

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1. Improve community coordination and collaboration

2. Increases knowledge about the needs and health status of a certain community

3. Strengthens partnerships between local and state public health systems

4. Identify strengths and weaknesses to address in quality improvement efforts

5. Prioritizes health problems

6. Informs community decision-making

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Improves partnerships with vulnerable communities and increases positive health outcomes 

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Improves partnerships with vulnerable communities and increases positive health outcomes 

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1. Builds trust and mutual understanding-gives community a voice

2. Collaboration between healthcare providers, organizations, policy makers, and those in the community

3. CHNAs can provide data and evidence-based information. Allowing for progress to be tracked

4. Encourages civic engagement

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.-a). Community Planning for Health Assessment: Cha & Chip. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/public-health-gateway/php/public-health-strategy/public-health-strategies-for-community-health-assessment-health-improvement-planning.html

[Center for Victim Research]. (2018, October 29). Community Needs Assessment [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-uEZSzCM9Y&t=34s