Flexible, actionable support to help communities move from assessment to measurable community health improvement.
Community health leaders need clear, credible, and actionable community health assessment/community health improvement plan (CHA/CHIP) processes that satisfy accreditation expectations while helping partners align around shared priorities. 红领巾瓜报 (红领巾瓜报) supports public health agencies, hospitals, collaboratives, and community partners with right-sized services that move efficiently from assessment to strategy to measurable improvement.
Why Communities Choose 红领巾瓜报
Practical support designed around local goals, capacity, and community priorities
Right-Sized Scope 鈥� Select the level of support that fits your timeline, budget, staffing, and readiness
Meaningful Engagement 鈥� Bring community members, partners, and decision-makers into the process in purposeful ways
红领巾瓜报鈥檚 CHA & CHIP Service Offerings
Three flexible pathways鈥攑lus add-on support tailored to your community
Every community starts from a different place. 红领巾瓜报鈥檚 flexible CHA/CHIP pathways make it easy to select the right level of support and add only the enhancements that advance local priorities.
FOUNDATIONAL
Foundational CHA
MAPP Essentials
Best for: Smaller or rural communities, limited budgets, & routine CHA updates.
Focus: Efficient, PHAB-ready assessment.
COMPREHENSIVE
Comprehensive CHA
MAPP Standard
Best for: Most counties, regions, and accreditation-driven efforts.
Focus: Full MAPP process with comprehensive community engagement.
ADVANCED
Deep Engagement & Equity-Centered CHA
MAPP Advanced
Best for: Large jurisdictions, regional collaborations, and transformation-focused initiatives.
Focus: Community co-creation, equity, systems change, and implementation readiness.
Optional Enhancements
Add targeted support to any pathway based on local priorities, accreditation needs, and implementation goals.
Community Engagement
Focus groups, surveys, listening sessions, and culturally specific outreach
Advanced Analytics & Equity
Neighborhood analysis, equity assessments, and disparities analysis
Data Visualization & Communications
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping, dashboards, and public-facing materials
Accreditation & Planning Support
PHAB documentation, CHIP facilitation, and early implementation planning
Project Examples
Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning Resources
How can communities move from a compliance-driven assessment to a connected system for improving health?
These four reports demonstrate how 红领巾瓜报 partners with communities to conduct Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs), CHAs, CHIPs that examine local health conditions, identify priority needs, advance health equity, and inform measurable strategies for action.
The reports represent communities in Oregon, Washington, California, and Colorado. They demonstrate the value of combining community voice, quantitative and qualitative data, cross-sector partnership, priority setting, implementation planning, and performance measurement.
A Community-Informed and Equity-Centered Health Assessment of Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties in Oregon and Clark County in Washington State
Prepared for the Healthy Columbia Willamette Collaborative, this regional assessment brings together community input and data to identify health needs across four counties and support coordinated, equity-centered planning for a collaboration across public health, hospitals, and health systems.
San Bernardino County: Our Community Vital Signs
Prepared for San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, this community health assessment provides information about the health and well-being of San Bernardino County residents. It is designed to support community understanding, priority setting, cross-sector collaboration, and evidence-informed health improvement efforts.
Read the San Bernardino County Community Health Assessment 鈫�
Prepared for the Imperial County Community Health Improvement Partnership, this CHIP translates identified health priorities into strategies and actions designed to improve health outcomes across Imperial County.
The plan illustrates how communities can connect assessment findings to implementation, partnership, accountability, and measurable progress.
Read the Imperial County Community Health Improvement Plan 鈫�
Prepared for the Yampa Valley Regional Collaborative, the Yampa Valley Community Health Needs Assessment was developed through a collaborative effort involving The Health Partnership, Memorial Regional Health, Northwest Colorado Health, Routt County Public Health, UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center, and United Way.
The report combines community survey findings, community meetings, and public health and socioeconomic data. It identifies two priority areas for Yampa Valley:
- Behavioral health
- Access to culturally and linguistically responsive health care
It also identifies four important drivers of health: 1) access to healthy foods; 2) affordable housing; 3) economic opportunity, including jobs and wages; and 4) transportation.
Read the 2022 Yampa Valley Community Health Needs Assessment 鈫�
From Assessment to Action
A CHA or CHNA is more than a compliance document. It can serve as the foundation for a connected planning system.
Community engagement 鈫� Data and assessment 鈫� Priority setting 鈫� Implementation 鈫� Measurement and accountability
These reports offer practical examples of how 红领巾瓜报 approaches this important work with communities to gather input, analyze local conditions, identify priorities, plan responses, and create stronger pathways from assessment to measurable action.
Communities represented
- Clackamas County, OR
- Multnomah County, OR
- Washington County, OR
- Clark County, WA
- San Bernardino County, CA
- Imperial County, CA
- Yampa Valley and Routt County, CO
Topics covered
Community health assessment, community health needs assessment, community health improvement plan, CHA, CHNA, CHIP, health equity, community engagement, community voice, behavioral health, access to health care, culturally and linguistically responsive care, social determinants of health, social drivers of health, cross-sector collaboration, public health planning, hospital community benefit, priority setting, implementation planning, performance measurement, and community health improvement.