Community Health Planning

Assessment is part of an ongoing broader community health improvement process. A community health improvement process uses CHA data to identify priority issues, develop and implement strategies for action, and establish accountability to ensure measurable health improvement.

A community health assessment refers to a state, tribal, or local assessment that identifies key health needs and issues through comprehensive data collection and analysis. A community health improvement plan is a long-term effort to address public health problems based on the results of community health assessment activities and the community health improvement process.

  • Assess Needs & Resources
  • Focus on What’s Important
  • Choose Effective Policies and Programs
  • Act on What’s Important
  • Evaluate Actions

Planning takes into account different factors related to health outcomes. Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks. 


Learn more about the Social Determinates of Health.            

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Island County Community Health Assessment Reports

Community Health Assessments (CHA)

  1. 2015 Community Focus Groups
  2. 2015 Health Indicator Data Dictionary
  1. 2015 Island County Community Health Survey
  2. 2016 Health Indicator Data Dictionary

Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIP)

  1. February 2016 CHIP Workshop #1
  2. April 2016 CHIP Workshop #2
  1. 2016 - February Prioritization Workshop Posters
  2. 2018 Community Health Improvement Plan