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COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT AND
PLANNING The
Community Assessment and Planning Section of the Health Department
conducts ongoing community health data and information collection and
analyses activities in an effort to understand and monitor the health
status and health needs of residents of Hamilton County.
In addition to the identification of health needs of residents,
staff with this section also are responsible for identifying resources
that can be used to address those needs. This
program area collects two types of data that focuses upon Hamilton
County and its residents: primary data and secondary data.
Primary data is that information collected directly from area residents
by way of community surveys, interviews and town meetings.
The most commonly used surveys are the Youth
Behavior Risk Survey and the Adult
Behavior Risk Survey. The
secondary data that is collected is information, data and statistics
collected by the Tennessee
Department of Health, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the Census
Bureau, or other governmental institutions.
Most of the data and information collected is aggregate for all
of Hamilton County. The
data collected and analyzed includes demographic
information, socio-economic
information, mortality
and morbidity information, health provider information, and
information about specific health problems. This service greatly assists City and County leaders, medical and social service agencies and institutions, the local school system, the business community, neighborhood associations, churches, students from area colleges and universities, and other groups and agencies, in their planning and program development activities as well as with their special projects. This section is also greatly instrumental in helping the Health Department along with the Regional Health Council by providing an information base for the many decisions made in health planning activities, in decisions made regarding the funding for various health programs, and in decisions made regarding the development of new health programs and services. Some useful Hamilton County information: Adult Behavior Risk Factor Survey Hamilton County - Census 2000 Data Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: Census 2000 Administration | Community Health | Case Management | Clinical Health |Environmental Health | Health Department Home| County Home |
For Local Community & National Health Data Visit the following sites
Chattanooga-Hamilton
Chattanooga-Hamilton
County
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