Population Health Status Survey (HSS)

We have found that improving health often begins with a health status assessment and a population health survey is often a component to this process. The technology and methodology have been developed to help identify, collect, analyze, and apply health status information about a particular community. Called a Community and Population Health Status Assessment (CHSA), this tool allows a community to develop precise indicators of the health status of the community in general as well as of specific subgroups with particular health problems and risk factors. The assessment is useful both for the data and insights it provides and for organizing, implementing, and evaluating community health improvement interventions. The population health survey utilized in our work gathers data on access to health and human services (including barriers to access), consumer satisfaction with primary care services, functional health status, diseases and disabilities, behavioral risk factors, insurance coverage and basic demographics. I have found there to be seven major steps for the successful design and implementation of a population-based community health status survey.

7 Steps to the Design and Implementation of a HSS

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