Community Health Needs Assessment: A platform for promoting community-university partnerships and research to improve community health and wellbeing
2011
Internationally, there is an increasing emphasis on the
importance of engaging with communities in order to guide and
develop relevant health policy and services. Evidence suggests that
community participation and involvement in the process of health
research has many significant benefits. One example of community
engaged health research is the process of Community Health
Needs Assessment (CHNA). Community Health Needs Assessment
provides an ideal platform for universities, local governments and
their communities to partner together to better understand the
health and wellbeing needs and priorities of populations.
While Local Governments in Australia often have clear strategic
directions based upon a continuing dialogue and engagement with
the populations they represent, they simultaneously often lack the
capacity and time to conduct comprehensive community engaged
research from which to develop important strategies and actions.
This paper draws on the experiences and reflections of the
Tasmanian University Department of Rural Health (UDRH) and its
partnership with five Tasmanian communities, their local
governments and health services. It provides insight and reflection
into how universities can be partners in inclusive community
engaged research and collaboration through CHNA, and outlines
the key processes and methods that inform this process.
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