This webpage provides information on the importance of cross-sector collaboration to address multiple community needs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. It also describes the types of community needs to be prioritized by healthcare, government, and community organizations. Emphasis is placed on equity as a key principle.
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Community Assessment and Engagement
Community assessment is a systematic process by which a community’s health status and related factors are examined; it is used to identify problems and assets in a community. Through community engagement, stakeholders work together to address health-related issues and promote well-being with the goal of improving health outcomes. These two processes work hand-in-hand to facilitate health improvements. COVID-19 has changed the assessment landscape in many ways–introducing new challenges for engagement, upending pre-pandemic implementation plans, and necessitating new and updated data to understand emerging health impacts and needs.