Iowa Critical Access Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment + Action Planning Education: Planning for Success

The Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) is a vital tool to aid in identifying priority health needs and aligning partners and resources to address community needs. A collaborative approach to planning an organization’s CHNA can increase the likelihood of successful targeted initiatives that align with community needs improving health outcomes. This course will identify how to build a diverse planning team to elevate and expand the benefits of collaborative, integrated efforts to maximize health outcomes, identify best practice examples to explore as options to improve community engagement that results in strengthened services, and discuss how to apply community action planning process improvements utilizing tools and resources to streamline planning activities ensuring a solid foundation is built for implementation plan success.