This webpage discusses the significance and methods for community health needs assessment in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights specific community concerns, such as fair housing, rise in community violence, racism, and environmental justice. It provides information on the ways in which government and other community organizations are addressing the issues.
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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.