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ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br />Board of Health Policy and Procedure Manual <br />Section I: Board Adopted Policies <br />Policy F: Community Assessment Policy <br />Reviewed by: Board of Health <br />Approved by: Board of Health, Health Director <br /> <br />Review Annually (July) Page 3 of 3 <br />Original Effective Date: February 28, 2008 <br />Revision Dates: 10/15/12, 11/2013, 11/2014, 8/2015 <br /> <br />\\kingcharles\Depts_AH\HEALTH\MANAGERS WORKING FILES\BOH\Policies and Procedures\BOH Policy Manual\Annual <br />Review\Track Changes\I.F. CHA SOTCH Community Involvement Policy Procedures_DRAFT Aug 2015.doc <br /> <br />2. State of the County Health (SOTCH) report process procedures: <br />a. The SOTCH report will primarily be produced by the Department’s Health <br />Promotion and Education staff in the interim years between community health <br />assessments. <br /> <br />b. This report will include: <br /> i. A review of major morbidity and mortality data for the county <br />ii. A review of health concerns selected as priorities <br />iii. Progress made in the last year on these priorities <br />iv. A review of any changes in the data that guided the selection of these <br />priorities <br />v. Other changes in the county that affect health concerns (such as economic or <br />political changes, new funds or grants available to address health problems, <br />etc.) <br />vi. New and emerging issues that affect health status <br />vii. Methods of direct community involvement with ongoing efforts <br /> <br />c. The primary source of data for this report will be the NC SCHS website. <br /> <br />d. The SOTCH report will be submitted to the state by the first Monday in March of <br />each year it is due and will be disseminated to the community and county <br />stakeholders according to North Carolina Local Health Department Accreditation <br />Standards. . <br /> <br /> <br />References: <br />Community Health Assessment Guidebook online at: <br />http://publichealth.nc.gov/lhd/cha/docs/guidebook/CHA-GuideBook- <br />June2014.pdfhttp://publichealth.nc.gov/lhd/cha/docs/guidebook/CHA- <br />GuideBookUpdatedDecember15-2011.pdf <br /> <br />Community Health Action Plan Form online at: <br />http://publichealth.nc.gov/lhd/cha/docs/guidebook/GuidelinesForCommunityHealthActionPl <br />anForms.pdf <br /> <br />