A Community Health Assessment (CHA) is a systematic, data-driven approach to determining the health status, health behaviors, and needs of residents in a defined geographical region. The CHA report becomes a guide or roadmap for the primary health issues our community will address collectively for the next five years. From the CHA report, service agencies in the public and private sectors can formulate strategies to improve community health and wellness.

2010 Buncombe County Community Health Assessment Reports

North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services requires that Buncombe County conduct a Community Health Assessment every four years. Buncombe County, HealthPartners and Mission Hospitals collaborate in this effort.

• Full Report
• News Release
• Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• 2010-2014 Buncombe County Health Priorities
• Introduction and CHA Process
• Community Engagement
• Health Priorities
• Data Sources
• Population Demographics
• Data and Analysis
  • Introduction
  • Health Outcomes – death / mortality
  • Health Outcomes – disease / morbidity
  • Health Factors – Health Behaviors
  • Health Factors – Clinical Care
  • Health Factors – Social and Economic Factors
  • Health Factors – Physical Environment
• Strategic Innovation – the Healthy Living project
• Summary and Next Steps
• Appendix A – Community engagement and leadership
• Appendix B – Local health survey
• Appendix C – Opinion Survey and Listening Sessions
• Appendix D – Healthy Living project – defining leverage
• Healthy Living system map
• Appendix E – Staff Support and Consultants
• Appendix F – Data collection instruments

Additional Community Health Assessment Reports

• 2005 (Full Report)
• 2000 (Full Report)

State of the County Health Report

• 2011
• 2009
• 2008
  • Highlights
• 2007
• 2005

Other Agencies' Statistics

• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics
• North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics

Contact Information

Gaylen Ehrlichman
(828) 250-5045
Gaylen.Ehrlichman@buncombecounty.org

Contact

Alma "Gibbie" Harris
Health Director
p. 828.250.5214

Address
PO Box 7407
Asheville, NC 28802

Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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