COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT
The Kanawha Coalition for Community Health Improvement along with community agencies conducted its fifth triennial community health assessment in from January through July 2011. The Coalition's comprehensive assessment covered a wide variety of health care topics and was designed to determine perception of health care needs and concerns, and to provide some indication of actual health-related behaviors. The survey also addressed a number of social and economic concerns.
The Kanawha Coalition’s comprehensive community health assessment is comprised of four components:
- Telephone survey among randomly selected Kanawha County households
- Interviews with and surveys among Kanawha County key informants
- Data analysis (survey results and existing health statistics)
- Community Health Issues Forum
The Health Issues Forum took place Tuesday, October 11, 2011, where around 125 were in attendance to prioritize the top issues on which the Kanawha Coalition for Community Health Improvement would focus its efforts over the next three years. These were:
1) Obesity/Nutrition
2) Lack of Physical Activity
3) Drug Abuse (including prescription drug abuse)
