Los Angeles County
Community Health
Assessment (CHA) and
Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)
The Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health (DPH) is
spearheading a county-wide community health
planning effort. DPH has worked with community
stakeholders to develop a Community Health
Assessment (CHA) and a Community Health
Improvement Plan (CHIP).
Community Health Assessment (CHA)
The CHA is a
comprehensive report that describes the health status,
health behaviors and health needs of people in Los
Angeles County, as well as the neighborhood conditions
(the social and physical environment) that contribute to
health.
To develop the CHA, DPH led a collaborative
planning process to solicit input from community
stakeholders on the health measures to be
included in the report and also on the report’s
content.
The Community Health Assessment was revised in
June 2015 to include additional data that
separates the "Asian" population group from "Native Hawaiian or Other
Pacific Islanders" (NHOPI) population
group, when possible.
Community Health Assessment 2015
Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)
The CHIP is a strategic plan for DPH and
community partners to collaboratively improve
the health of community members in Los Angeles
County over the next five years. The CHIP serves
as a roadmap for improved health in Los Angeles
County. The plan proposes goals, objectives, and
strategies for creating healthy communities that will require
collaboration among diverse partners, both
inside and outside of the health sector.
The CHIP integrates community stakeholder input
that DPH obtained from a series of community
meetings which are detailed below. In addition,
the CHIP draws from key findings in the CHA.
Improving public health will require the talent
and commitment of diverse partners. We look forward to collaborating with you over the next
several years to implement the CHIP and build healthy communities throughout Los Angeles County.
Community Health Improvement Plan for Los
Angeles County 2015 - 2020
For more information about the
Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) and the
Community Prevention and Population Health Task
Force, please go to:
www.thinkhealthla.org
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Community Health Assessment
Service Planning Area (SPA) Reports
SPA 1
SPA 2
SPA 3
SPA 4
SPA 5
SPA
6
SPA 7
SPA 8
Regional Community Stakeholder
Meetings: 12/2014 – 1/2015
SPA 5: January 15th, 9 am
to 11am, Westside Shelter & Hunger Coalition
SPA 6: January 29th,
9 am to 11:30 am, Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for
Public Health
SPA 2: December 8th, 9 am
to 11:30 am, Valley Care Community Consortium
Regional Community Stakeholder
Meetings for the CHIP: 9/2014 - 10/2014
In Service Planning Areas (SPAs) 1,
2, 5 and 6, DPH is partnering with existing community
health planning groups to prioritize health needs in
those areas. To learn more about those efforts, please
email the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Development
at
dphplanning@ph.lacounty.gov.
In SPAs 3, 4, 7 and 8, DPH will be
holding meetings to engage community organizations in
the CHIP process and catalyze long-term community health
planning. The scheduled dates for these meetings are as
follows:
Final List of CHA Indicators: 3/2014
Public
Comment Period on Draft CHA Indicators: 12/11/2013 -
1/10/2014
The public comment period on draft
CHA indicators is now closed. Thank you for contributing
your knowledge and ideas.
Webinar on Draft CHA Indicators: 12/11/2013
The Department of Public Health
(DPH) hosted an interactive webinar on December 11, 2013
from 10:00 am to 11:30am. This webinar reviewed our
process for selecting draft indicators and data sources
for the Community Health Assessment.
Key Community Stakeholder
Meeting: 11/06/2013
On November 6, 2013, over 60
community stakeholders convened to discuss the
Community Health Assessment and the Community Health
Improvement Plan. A key point of discussion was how to
best collaborate on – and build upon – the various
health assessments and planning efforts that take place
throughout LA County.