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GOAL
To establish an ongoing process for identifying and addressing health needs in Portage County to improve the health status of its residents.
PROCESS
A Community Health Assessment Team will examine causes of preventable disease, death, disability and injury, create a health plan to address locally identified priorities, and mobilize community resources to implement that plan.
- Health Focused: While this assessment will coordinate with other assessments completed in Portage County, it will be unique in focusing specifically on health issues.
- Data Based: The assessment will be based upon a review of morbidity, mortality, and health risk data specific to Portage County. Data will be compared with benchmarks defined in Healthy People 2010 and Healthiest Wisconsin 2010: A Partnership to Improve the Health of the Public.
- Community Driven: A Community Health Assessment Team with broad representation from throughout the County will review the data and set the top priorities to be addressed. The Community Health Plan will be implemented by many community organizations.
- All Inclusive: All Portage County residents will be considered in the review of the data.
- Prevention Oriented: The assessment will focus on Health Problems with preventable causes.
BENEFITS
- Raises awareness in the community of the health status of its residents where we're doing well and where we need to focus more attention.
- Enhances a sense of shared community responsibility to address unmet health needs.
- Develops a coordinated community-wide effort directed at a few top priorities.
- Creates new, innovative strategies that fit the unique needs and assets of this community.
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