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Applying community organizing principles to assess health needs in New Haven, Connecticut

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  • Santilli, A.
  • Carroll-Scott, A.
  • Ickovics, J.R.

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The Affordable Care Act added requirements for nonprofit hospitals to conduct community health needs assessments. Guidelines are minimal; however, they require input and representation from the broader community. This call echoes 2 decades of literature on the importance of including community members in all aspects of research design, a tenet of community organizing. We describe a community-engaged research approach to a community health needs assessment in New Haven, Connecticut. We demonstrate that a robust community organizing approach provided unique research benefits: access to residents for data collection, reliable data, leverage for community-driven interventions, and modest improvements in behavioral risk. We make recommendations for future community-engaged efforts and workforce development, which are important for responding to increasing calls for community health needs assessments.

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  • Santilli, A. & Carroll-Scott, A. & Ickovics, J.R., 2016. "Applying community organizing principles to assess health needs in New Haven, Connecticut," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 106(5), pages 841-847.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2016.303050_7
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303050
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    1. Shanti Kadariya & Lauren Ball & David Chua & Henriette Ryding & Julie Hobby & Julie Marsh & Karly Bartrim & Lana Mitchell & Joy Parkinson, 2023. "Community Organising Frameworks, Models, and Processes to Improve Health: A Systematic Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(7), pages 1-40, March.
    2. Maria Gilson deValpine & Laura Hunt Trull, 2019. "Health Equity in Community Assessments: A Participatory Approach in Rural Virginia," SAGE Open, , vol. 9(1), pages 21582440198, March.

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