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Background & Introduction <br /> Introduction Engagement Team -those responsible for ensuring <br /> that the voices of the community are heard as well as <br /> Every three-to-four years, Local Health Departments in engaging the community in every step of the process, <br /> North Carolina (NC) are required by the NC Department (3) a Volunteer Recruitment Team - those responsible <br /> of Health and Human Services to conduct a Community for recruiting volunteers to assist with data collection <br /> Health Assessment (CHA). Regular assessment of a and community events, and (4) a Data Team - those <br /> community's health enables local public health officials responsible for the format and analysis of the collected <br /> to monitor trends in health status, determine priorities data. Community partners served on committees, went <br /> among health issues and determine the availability of door-to-door to collect survey responses, and coordinat- <br /> resources within the community to best protect and ed and implemented community efforts such as focus <br /> promote the public's health. A primary goal of the as- groups and community input sessions (see Appendix A <br /> sessment process is to involve the community in every - Committee Members and Appendix B - Survey Volun- <br /> phase of the process including planning, data collection, teers). <br /> evaluation, identification of health issues and communi- <br /> ty strengths, and the development of strategies to ad- Data Collection and Analysis <br /> dress identified problems. The information in this 2019 <br /> CHA will be compared to information and data from 2019 Community Health Assessment Sampled Blocks <br /> previous years, peer counties and NC. You can access _ <br /> the 2015 CHA here. <br /> The Assessment Process <br /> / <br /> Establish <br /> CHA Team <br /> Collect <br /> Primary <br /> Develop Data <br /> Community <br /> j Action Plans — - <br /> a.ma . <br /> Collect& <br /> l Du­ <br /> Co <br /> Analyze <br /> Health <br /> / Disseminate Assessment Statistics / <br /> CHA Process <br /> Document rr ' <br /> Create <br /> CHA Solicit .. ,. <br /> Document Community <br /> Input& - ----- <br /> Select l Ch.- w <br /> Health <br /> Priorities <br /> a."w:ie:a°em«c u,•a>�a em%a aew CMnMI�.'�m::w".°m°.me r <br /> - � m.nh°�n°a°im m°VV'in9 mpawxau.me no�ie9afieee0�+diM,ioron enrormev nan mpcm°p• <br /> Orange County Tax Administration/Land Records Date:5/16/20791 inch=16,667 feet <br /> The completion and success of the CHA is not possible This report was created using both primary (community <br /> without input, support, and participation from our com- input) and secondary (previously collected) data sourc- <br /> munity and our partners. Collaboration was essential es. Primary data was collected through community <br /> in order to effectively identify and assess the health of health opinion surveys (door-to-door and online), focus <br /> Orange County. As a result, four teams were created to groups, and community input sessions. Using both <br /> assist in the 2019 process. Those teams were made up primary and secondary data yields a more in-depth and <br /> of: (1) a CHA Leadership Team (CHALT) - the govern- reliable assessment of the specific factors that affect our <br /> ing body and final decision makers, (2) a Community community's health. <br /> 2019 COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT 1 <br />