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  • 2013 Middlesex County Community Health Needs Assessment

    For eighteen months, a broad coalition representing Middlesex County worked to produce this county health needs assessment with a focus on chronic disease. The initiative is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Community Transformation Grant project here in Connecticut. Through oversight from the Connecticut Department of Public Health and Chatham Health District as project lead and grant fiduciary, the assessment reviewed demographics, health indicators,health disparities, and health assets, and performed a policy and environmental scan.

    July 31, 2013

  • Stamford-Lower Fairfield County Community Health Needs Assessment 2013

    From 2011 to 2013, Stamford Hospital collaborated with the Stamford Health Department to update their Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA).

    July 31, 2013

  • Greenwich Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment Final Report 2013

    Beginning in September 2012, Greenwich Hospital led a comprehensive Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to evaluate the health needs of individuals living in the hospital’s Service Area.  The purpose of the assessment was to gather information about local health needs and health behaviors. The assessment examined a variety of indicators including risky health behaviors (alcohol use, tobacco use, etc.) and chronic health conditions (diabetes, heart disease, etc.).  

    June 06, 2013

  • Health Data Bridgeport Connecticut DataHaven Aspen Institute report excerpt

    Race, Place, and Health: A comparative review of health data on African American males in Bridgeport, Connecticut

    Project BackgroundThis report helps develop a baseline of information about a variety of barriers that may prevent AfricanAmerican men in Bridgeport and other Connecticut cities from achieving their full health potential.

    May 30, 2013

  • Health Data Bridgeport Connecticut DataHaven Aspen Institute report excerpt

    Race, Place, and Health: A comparative review of health data on African American males in Bridgeport, Connecticut

    This report helps develop a baseline of information about a variety of barriers that may prevent AfricanAmerican men in Bridgeport and other Connecticut cities from achieving their full health potential. When these barriers involve system-wide, avoidable and unjust social and economic policies that create unequal access to opportunity, they are often known as “health inequities.”

    May 30, 2013

  • Greater Bridgeport Community Health Needs Assessment 2013

    The Primary Care Action Group completed a community health needs assessment in 2013. The purpose of the assessment was to understand current health trends, needs and assets. New federal legislation requires hospitals to conduct community health assessments every three years. Understanding the current health status of the community is important in order to identify priorities for future planning and funding, the existing strengths and assets on which to build upon, and areas for further collaboration across organizations, institutions, and community groups.

    May 09, 2013

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