Windshield Survey
Community Health Assessment / Windshield Survey
A community health assessment (sometimes called a CHA), also known as community health needs assessment (sometimes called a CHNA), refers to a state, tribal, local, or territorial health assessment that identifies key health needs and issues through systematic, comprehensive data collection and analysis. Community health assessments use such principles as;
· Multisector collaborations that support shared ownership of all phases of community health improvement, including assessment, planning, investment, implementation, and evaluation
· Proactive, broad, and diverse community engagement to improve results
· A definition of community that encompasses both a significant enough area to allow for population-wide interventions and measurable results, and includes a targeted focus to address disparities among subpopulations
· Maximum transparency to improve community engagement and accountability
· Use of evidence-based interventions and encouragement of innovative practices with a thorough evaluation
· Evaluation to inform a continuous improvement process
· Use of the highest quality data pooled from and shared among, diverse public and private sources.
(Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/cha/plan.html)
Windshield Survey:
“A windshield survey is an informal method used by community health nurses to obtain basic knowledge about a given community. It provides a subjective view of the various physical characteristics of a communal area as observed while driving or walking through a neighborhood.
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