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Using Community Health Needs Assessments to Improve Population Health

Author(s) -

Joy Reed,

Eleanor Fleming

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

north carolina medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.283

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 2379-4313

pISSN - 0029-2559

DOI - 10.18043/ncm.75.6.403

Subject(s) - population health , community health , environmental health , action (physics) , population , process (computing) , medicine , health policy , business , nursing , public health , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system

This commentary describes the community health assessment process that is required of local health departments, and it explains how action plans targeting identified priorities can improve population health. It also highlights the use of evidence-based strategies to increase the overall impact of health improvement efforts.

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