Rapid Community Assessments
A Rapid Community Assessment (RCA) is a process for collecting community data that is topic specific. The main motivating factor of an RCA is to gather public opinion that will impact program design. This process can involve analyzing data that already exists or gathering new data through surveys or interviews.
Rapid Community Assessments performed by the Central Shenandoah Health District are linked below:
Community Health Assessments
A Community Health Assessment (CHA) is a careful, systematic examination of the health status of the community that is used to identify key health problems and assets in the community. These are generally broader and more in depth than an RCA. Data from the assessment will inform decision-making, prioritization of health problems and development of plans to improve the health of the community (otherwise known as Community Health Improvement Plans, or CHIPs). The success of the CHA is owned and led by members of each community, so that the results accurately reflect the opinions of people who live, work, play, and pray in each community in the Commonwealth.
Community health assessments performed in the Central Shenandoah Health District are linked below:
Funding Opportunities:
There are no current funding opportunities through the Central Shenandoah Health District at this time.