San Luis Valley
Community Health Assessment
2023
A Community Health Assessment, or CHA, is a series of assessments conducted to help describe the needs, issues, and health status of a community.
In Colorado, this process is required every five years by all governmental public health agencies, per the Public Health Act of 2008. One of the main requirements of this act is to utilize health assessments to develop a Public Health Improvement Plan (PHIP), which will be created and implemented after each CHA.
The overarching goal of these efforts is to increase the availability and quality of public health services and ultimately to improve health outcomes.
The San Luis Valley Public Health Partnership pools resources and works together on a regional level to complete these assessments.
RESOURCES
SLV 2023 CHA Booklet - more info and expanded details on priority areas
Coming soon in early 2025 - the SLV 2024 Public Health Improvement Plan (PHIP)