review. The Steering Committee included community stakeholders, Camden County Public Health leaders, and Coastal Health District staff. Final input was invited and the plan updated to reflect those changes. Public health staff further reviewed the plan with technical advisors in April. Final changes were made to the document, the CHIP was published on the Public Health website for community input, and plans made for final Board of Health adoption at the next quarterly meeting in Summer 2014. The illustration below describes the process as one with increasing focus, based on needs, resources, and community partnerships. Priorities/partner Goals/partnerships Using budget identification set by refined by a steering information and Broad-based community partners committee with community priorities, community input from that create vision and knowledge of resources Public Health uses survey/focus broad goals and identify and insights from data community, groups/community outputs and outcomes collection collaborative, steering meetings committee input to formalize strategic plan and set performance goals (© Jenny Solomon | Dreamstime Stock Photos, The cycle illustrated below indicates the CHIP process is both iterative and cyclical. The Third Phase: Implementation and Evaluation The goal of the ongoing Community Health Improvement planning process is to create a document to be used by the community, in partnership with Public Health, as a roadmap and foundation for cultural, environmental, and social change that leads to health improvement. Camden County Public Health Department is now establishing a Community Health Coalition to share the plan with the wider community, to fully engage participants, to review and revise activities and responsible parties as needed, and to monitor outputs and
review. The Steering Committee included community stakeholders, Camden County Public Health leaders, and Coastal Health District staff. Final input was invited and the plan updated to reflect those changes. Public health staff further reviewed the plan with technical advisors in April. Final changes were made to the document, the CHIP was published on the Public Health website for community input, and plans made for final Board of Health adoption at the next quarterly meeting in Summer 2014. The illustration below describes the process as one with increasing focus, based on needs, resources, and community partnerships. Broad-based community input from survey/focus groups/community meetings Priorities/partner identification set by community partners that create vision and broad goals and identify outputs and outcomes Goals/partnerships refined by a steering committee with knowledge of resources and insights from data collection Using budget information and community priorities, Public Health uses community, collaborative, steering committee input to formalize strategic plan and set performance goals (© Jenny Solomon | Dreamstime Stock Photos, The cycle illustrated below indicates the CHIP process is both iterative and cyclical. The Third Phase: Implementation and Evaluation The goal of the ongoing Community Health Improvement planning process is to create a document to be used by the community, in partnership with Public Health, as a roadmap and foundation for cultural, environmental, and social change that leads to health improvement. Camden County Public Health Department is now establishing a Community Health Coalition to share the plan with the wider community, to fully engage participants, to review and revise activities and responsible parties as needed, and to monitor outputs and
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