Community Health Needs Assessment 2012 - Saint Joseph Hospital

Community Health Needs Assessment 2013
Priority Community Health Needs Identified
Using findings obtained through the community survey and collection of primary and secondary data,
Saint Joseph Berea completed an analysis of these inputs (see Appendix D and E) to identify community
health needs. The following data was analyzed to identify health needs for the community:
Using all of the data we had received we came up with our Top Five Priorities.
Saint Joseph Berea CHNA Community
Top Five Priority Health Issues
Rank Primary Need Groupings
1 Mental Health Alcohol & drug abuse
Depression/anxiety
Mental/behavioral health problems
Suicide
2 Obesity Nutrition
Physical Inactivity
3 Cardiopulmonary Heart disease/stroke
High blood pressure
Pulmonary
4 Senior issues Physical issues connected with aging
Alzheimer’s/Dementia
Lack of Resources
5 Collaboration of Care Resource guide for community
Screenings
Education
Prevention
Community wellness council
Process
Several steps were taken to determine the top priorities.
First, we took the results of our primary data from the survey, focus groups and interviews initially. We
brought together our CHNA advisory group, SJB steering committee and other members of the community
to discuss the findings and come up with what they considered top priorities. The participants were divided
into two groups. Each group went through a series of questions to determine needs and how to address
them. (See Appendix E for list of participants and methodology).
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