2019 Mendocino County Community Health Needs Assessment Report
The Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) for Mendocino County is a compilation of quantitative and qualitative data from multiple sources, woven together to provide a comprehensive picture of the health of county residents. The 2019 CHNA is the second collaborative CHNA process coordinated by Healthy Mendocino.
Thirteen Mendocino County agencies provided funding and representatives to the CHNA Planning Group to conduct this assessment process beginning in 2018. They were: Adventist Health Howard Memorial, Adventist Health Ukiah Valley, Alliance for Rural Community Health & Community Health Resource Network, Community Foundation of Mendocino County, FIRST 5 Mendocino, Healthy Mendocino, Mendocino Community Health Clinics, Mendocino County Health & Human Services (Agency), Public Health Branch, North Coast Opportunities, Partnership HealthPlan of California, Redwood Community Services, Inc., Redwood Quality Management Company, and United Way of the Wine Country.
The CHNA Planning Group met at least monthly from September 2018 to September 2019 to provide guidance and feedback on the proposed methodologies for each of the assessments utilized during the process and to evaluate the findings. The data collection methods are described below. (Click on the images to view the Summary of Key Findings and the individual appendices.)
Summary of Key Findings
The Community Health Survey (Appendix A) provides residents’ opinions about health status, access to services, and any barriers to obtaining health care.
The Key Stakeholder Interviews/Key Leader Survey (Appendix B) identifies views on health and well-being in Mendocino County among key stakeholders in the community, both formal and informal leaders.
The Community Health Status Assessment (Appendix C) uses secondary data from a variety of sources such as vital statistics data, accident and injury rates, infectious and chronic disease rates, and others, to illuminate the health status of Mendocino County and its residents.
The findings of the 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment contained in this report and its appendices provide a great deal of information to support the selection of strategic issues for collective impact efforts. The final priorities and action plans will be determined by the Healthy Mendocino Advisory Council, which is made up of key agency leaders and will be convened in November 2019. Further planning and prioritization will occur at that time.
Author:
Patrice Mascolo
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October 1, 2019
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