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Community
Health Improvement Planning
Okaloosa County |
Public health is about many things
health behaviors, primary and preventive care, access to services,
deaths and births, populations at particular risk, life expectancy
reports of health, and environmental health. Public health is what
we, as a community, do to ensure that conditions exist that promote
health. It is not only about the absence of illness, but about the
presence of conditions that promote physical, mental, and emotional
well-being for everyone in the community to the greatest extent
possible within available resources.
Community health needs assessment has a central part to play by
enabling community partners and policy-makers to identify the most
pressing health care needs in our community, to ensure that health
care resources are used to maximize health improvement and to
encourage dialogue about actions that can be taken to improve our
communitys health.
Communities must collectively take action to ensure that citizens
remain healthy. One organization or entity alone cannot do this
task. These assessments were designed not only for public health
professionals but also for members of the community who are
interested in improving the health of our community.
These four assessments are for our community partners so that we can
mobilize together to identify strategic health priorities, establish
goals, and develop action plans for a "healthier Okaloosa."
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COMMUNITY HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT |
This assessment answers the questions, how healthy
are our residents, and what does the health status
of our community look like.
The Health of Okaloosa County: A Status Report 2011
(View entire document)
Executive Summary & Introduction
Population Characteristics
Socio-Economic Characteristics
Quality of Life and Health Behaviors
Health Care Resources
Overall Health Status
Risky Youth Behaviors
Death Indicators
Cancer Deaths
Heart Diseases
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases
Stroke
Unintentional Injuries
Non-Fatal Unintentional Injuries Requiring an Emergency Room
Visit
Communicable Diseases
Maternal and Child Health
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Environmental Health
Conclusion
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LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM ASSESSMENT | This
assessment answers the question, what are the components,
activities, competencies, and capacities of our local public health
system.
Performance Assessment 2011 (View entire document)
Explanation of the National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP)
Report of Results
Performance Assessment Instrument Results
Priority Rating Results & Agency Contribution
Results
Appendix: Resources for Next Steps
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FORCES OF CHANGE
ASSESSMENT | This assessment answers the
following questions, what is occurring or might occur that affects
the health of our community, and what specific threats or
opportunities are generated by these occurrences.
Forces of Change 2011
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COMMUNITY THEMES AND STRENGTHS
ASSESSMENT | This assessment answers the
questions, what is important to our community, and
what are important issues that must be addressed to
improve the health and quality of life in our
community.
Community Themes and Strengths Assessment:
What Makes A Healthy Okaloosa 2011-2012
The Economic Impact of High Risk Health Behaviors in
Okaloosa County 6/2011
- This report looks at the impact of high risk
health behaviors on the Okaloosa County economy. In
summary, the report found that current levels of
lost productivity in the Okaloosa County workforce
due to the effects of high risk health behaviors
equates in economic impact terms to the loss in the
Okaloosa County economy of 470 jobs and nearly $170
million in GDP.
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