Community Health Needs Assessment in Wake County, North Carolina

Alfano-Sobsey, Edie; Ledford, Sue Lynn; Decosimo, Kasey; Horney, Jennifer A.

doi:10.18043/ncm.75.6.376

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“…are supporting multidimensional approaches that combine resources of public, private, and philanthropic organizations to increase efficacy and sustainability [14,[18][19][20][21]. As an example, a study of Wake County, NC found that collaboration among multiple stakeholders strengthened efforts by decreasing duplication of efforts, increasing efficient use of resources, increasing capacity, spread the financial and person hours burden across many groups, decreasing budget costs, and increasing expertise expediency of efforts [22]. Despite these successes, it is important for community partnerships to realize that challenges will arise and a memorandum of understanding is essential in order to ensure everyone agrees on common goal(s), expectations, clearly defined responsibilities of each team member [14] planning, framework for community engagement and piloting of the community engaged program [15].…”

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Community Awareness Pregnant Women and Child Health in Four North Carolina County

May¹,

Spencer²,

Daniels³

et al. 2016

J Preg Child Health

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Background: Exercise and good nutrition improve overall health during pregnancy and childhood. North Carolina (NC) has a high rate of obesity, yet few programs intervene during and after pregnancy especially in rural communities. Prior to initiating programs for pregnant women and children in rural NC communities, we wanted to understand community awareness, resources, barriers, and solutions. The purpose of the study was to assess community awareness, barriers, solutions, and resources regarding healthy lifestyles in pregnancy and childhood in rural NC communities.

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Community Awareness Pregnant Women and Child Health in Four North Carolina County

May¹,

Spencer²,

Daniels³

et al. 2016

J Preg Child Health

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“…18 These assessments can assist organizations and partnerships in prioritizing resources, especially in areas where resources are limited. [19][20][21] CBPRdriven health needs assessments developed and implemented in partnership with faith-based organizations have demonstrated success in identifying issues relevant to church and community members, including diabetes. [22][23][24] Despite previous successes, 22,23 needs related to SDOHs are less often assessed or identified as top health concerns.…”

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Associations Between Sociodemographic Variables, Social Determinants of Health, and Diabetes: Findings From a Congregational Health Needs Assessment

San Diego,

West,

Pichon

et al. 2024

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Purpose To examine associations between sociodemographic variables, social determinants of health (SDOHs) and diabetes using health needs assessment data. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Faith-based communities in the Mid-South U.S. Sample Of the 378 churches, 92 participated in the study (24% response rate); N = 828 church leaders and members completed the survey. Measure The Mid-South Congregational Health Survey assessed perceived health-related needs of congregations and the communities they serve. Analysis Generalized linear mixed modeling examined the associations between sociodemographic variables (age, sex, race/ethnicity, educational level), SDOHs (affordable healthcare, healthy food, employment), and diabetes. Results Individuals with less education had lower odds of reporting all SDOHs as health needs compared to individuals with more education (ORrange = .59-.63). Men had lower odds of reporting diabetes as a health need or concern compared to women (OR = .70; 95% CI = .50, .97). African Americans had greater odds of reporting diabetes as a health need compared to individuals in the ‘Other’ race/ethnicity category (OR = 3.91; 95% CI = 2.20, 6.94). Individuals who reported affordable healthcare (OR = 2.54; 95% CI = 1.73, 3.72), healthy food (OR = 2.24; 95% CI = 1.55, 3.24), and employment (OR = 3.33; 95% CI = 2.29, 4.84) as health needs had greater odds of reporting diabetes as a health need compared to those who did not report these SDOHs as needs. Conclusions Future studies should evaluate strategies to merge healthcare and faith-based organizations’ efforts to address SDOHs impacting diabetes.

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“…9 The CBPR-driven CHNA elevates identification of the perspectives, preferences, and priorities of the communities with whom interventions are developed. 10 This approach uncovers issues of local relevance that can be applied to interventions addressing the social determinants of health.…”

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Processes and Outcomes of a Community-Based Participatory Research-Driven Health Needs Assessment: A Tool for Moving Health Disparity Reporting to Evidence-Based Action

Akintobi¹,

Lockamy²,

Goodin³

et al. 2018

Progress in Community Health Partnerships

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Background The community-based participatory research (CBPR)-driven health needs assessment was a tool used to inform community-led, -implemented, and -sustained research and prevention strategies. Methods The Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center (MSM PRC) research and prevention initiatives are implemented in direct response to priorities identified through this process and tool. Led by a community-majority coalition board, the assessment coupled state and city secondary data with primary survey data collected by and from community residents. Results Hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and sexually transmitted infections were most frequently cited individual and community health priorities. Lack of social and family cohesion, limited or no opportunities to exercise, poor nutrition and lack of awareness and knowledge about diseases, and insufficient access to affordable health care were cited determinants of health priorities. Conclusions The CBPR-driven community health needs assessment (CHNA) informed and established a data-driven community engaged research agenda, policy, systems and environmental change approaches, community-led grants and job creation leveraging neighborhood contexts and strengths.

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Community Health Needs Assessment in Wake County, North Carolina

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Community Awareness Pregnant Women and Child Health in Four North Carolina County

Community Awareness Pregnant Women and Child Health in Four North Carolina County

Associations Between Sociodemographic Variables, Social Determinants of Health, and Diabetes: Findings From a Congregational Health Needs Assessment

Processes and Outcomes of a Community-Based Participatory Research-Driven Health Needs Assessment: A Tool for Moving Health Disparity Reporting to Evidence-Based Action

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