North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 48 - LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT ACCREDITATION
Subchapter B - LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT ACCREDITATION STANDARDS
Section .0200 - MONITOR HEALTH STATUS
Section 48B .0201 - BENCHMARK 1
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 48B .0201
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Benchmark: A local health department shall conduct and disseminate results of regular community health assessments:
(b) Activities:
(1) The local health department
shall conduct a comprehensive community health assessment every 48 months. The
community health assessment must fulfill each of the following requirements:
(A) Provide evidence of community
collaboration in planning and conducting the assessment
(B) Reflect the demographic profile of the
population
(C) Describe
socioeconomic, educational and environmental factors that affect
health
(D) Assemble and analyze
secondary data (collected by someone other than the health department) to
describe the health status of the community
(E) Collect and analyze primary data
(collected by the health department) to describe the health status of the
community
(F) Compile and analyze
trend data to describe changes in community health status and in factors
affecting health
(G) Use scientific
methods for collecting and analyzing data
(H) Identify population groups at risk for
health problems
(I) Identify
existing and needed health resources
(J) Compare selected local data with data
from other jurisdictions (e.g., local to state, local to local)
(K) Identify leading community health
problems
(2) The local
health department shall update the community health assessment with an interim
"State of the County's Health" report (or equivalent) annually. The report
shall demonstrate that the local health department is tracking priority issues
identified in the community health assessment, identifying emerging issues, and
shall identify any new initiatives.
(3) The local health department shall
disseminate results of the most recent community health assessment and "State
of the County's Health" report to individuals and groups that participated in
the community health assessment process, community partners and the general
population.
Authority
G.S.
130A-34.1;
Temporary Adoption
Eff. January 1, 2006;
Eff. October 1, 2006;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. January 5,
2016.
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