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ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br /> Board of Health Policy and Procedure Manual <br /> Section I: Board Adopted Policies <br /> Policy C: Community Assessment Policy <br /> Reviewed by: Board of Health <br /> Approved by: Board of Health,Health Director <br /> 1. The CHA document will be used by the Orange County Health Department in the <br /> development of the department-wide strategic plan, grant writing, program <br /> planning and advocacy for funding. This document will be available as a resource <br /> for other individuals, agencies, and organizations. <br /> m. Using the CHA, Health Promotion and Education staff and the CHA team will <br /> create Community Health Action Plans to describe plans for health activities to be <br /> carried out in the county. The Community Health Action Plan form is due the <br /> first Monday in September following the year of assessment. The form is <br /> available through the NC Division of Public Health website. <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 /> 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 <br /> economic or political changes, new funds or grants available to <br /> address health problems, etc.) <br /> vi. New and emerging issues that affect health status <br /> vii. A review of disaggregated data by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual <br /> identity, etc. to account for health disparities in the county among <br /> marginalized groups. <br /> viii. Methods of direct community involvement with ongoing efforts <br /> c. The primary source of data for this report will be the NC SCHS website. <br /> d. The SOTCH report will be submitted to the state by the first Monday in <br /> March during the years a CHA is not submitted and will be disseminated to <br /> the community and county stakeholders according to North Carolina Local <br /> Health Department Accreditation Standards. <br /> Review Annually(July) Page 3 of 4 <br /> Original Effective Date: February 28,2008 <br /> Revision Dates:10/15/12,11/2013,11/2014,8/2015,10/2019,8/2020 <br /> S:\MANAGERS WORKING FILES\BOH\AGENDAS&ABSTRACTS\2020 Agenda&Abstracts\August 2020\Pdfs for webpage\V.A. <br /> Policy Review Attachments\I.C.Community Assessment Policy August 2020.doc <br />