Quick Guide
Humboldt County
The Community Health Assessment (CHA) is a health data snapshot of the status of health in Humboldt County. It supports planning and policy making, as well as summarizes health data in Humboldt County, including the factors that influence those health outcomes like health inequities.
The Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is a community-wide action plan for reducing health disparities, promoting health equity, and improving overall population health. The CHIP uses data from the Community Health Assessment CHA to identify community health objectives and priority areas for the next five years. Embedding community partners was one of our priorities and was achieved through intentional data workgroups. Many strategic community partners contributed through the data workgroups to identify priorities, review subject matter, recommend revisions, and provide additional information.
The Live Well Humboldt (LWH) Initiative is an aligned network of strategic community health improvement collaborators involved in the development and implementation of the CHA and CHIP. LWH assembled as the LWH Data Workgroup to review data sources and indicators, identify disparities, set goals, and map strategies based on CHIP priority areas. Five meetings were held with many community partners in attendance. Together, we discussed each priority area, summarizing the existing work to improve community health, identify measurable health outcomes, and integrate health equity into our work for improved health for all.
Another approach we use to engage the public with data is through the development of our community facing data dashboard. Not only will various data come directly from community members, but it will also increase their access to all the information on the dashboard. The data can be used to measure progress and support program planning. It will enable Humboldt County Public Health to use data as a cross-cutting strategy to identify and address health inequities within the county. Ultimately, all of our efforts are meant to obtain timely input on issues not captured in other data systems and create actionable responses to equitably strengthen health systems within underrepresented populations.
For more information, please see Humboldt County Public Health’s Data Page.
The Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is a community-wide action plan for reducing health disparities, promoting health equity, and improving overall population health. The CHIP uses data from the Community Health Assessment CHA to identify community health objectives and priority areas for the next five years. Embedding community partners was one of our priorities and was achieved through intentional data workgroups. Many strategic community partners contributed through the data workgroups to identify priorities, review subject matter, recommend revisions, and provide additional information.
The Live Well Humboldt (LWH) Initiative is an aligned network of strategic community health improvement collaborators involved in the development and implementation of the CHA and CHIP. LWH assembled as the LWH Data Workgroup to review data sources and indicators, identify disparities, set goals, and map strategies based on CHIP priority areas. Five meetings were held with many community partners in attendance. Together, we discussed each priority area, summarizing the existing work to improve community health, identify measurable health outcomes, and integrate health equity into our work for improved health for all.
Another approach we use to engage the public with data is through the development of our community facing data dashboard. Not only will various data come directly from community members, but it will also increase their access to all the information on the dashboard. The data can be used to measure progress and support program planning. It will enable Humboldt County Public Health to use data as a cross-cutting strategy to identify and address health inequities within the county. Ultimately, all of our efforts are meant to obtain timely input on issues not captured in other data systems and create actionable responses to equitably strengthen health systems within underrepresented populations.
For more information, please see Humboldt County Public Health’s Data Page.