East Chatham County, North Carolina : an action-oriented community diagnosis : findings and next steps of action : final document

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  • January 13, 2022
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  • Browne, Felicia
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
  • DeSousa, Nancy
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
  • Haney, Erica
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
  • Tran, Duy
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
  • Wang, Ian
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
Abstract
  • Action-Oriented Community Diagnosis (AOCD) is a process to learn about the cultural, social, economic, and health experiences of individuals in a community through attending community-wide events, analyzing secondary data, and interviewing both community members and service providers about the strengths, assets and needs of the community. In our description of the study, the word “diagnosis” was changed to “assessment” in order to more accurately reflect the process and intent of the interviews. From this point on, AOCD will be referred to as AOCA. From September 2005 to April 2006, our team of five students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health completed an AOCA in the eastern region of Chatham County. An additional team of five students completed an assessment in the western part of the county. Both teams worked in conjunction with the Chatham Health Assessment (CHA) Team, a group coordinated by the Chatham County Public Health Department, who are conducting a county-wide health assessment to identify the health priorities of Chatham residents and to inform future services. Using the Chatham County Public Health Department’s established list of 11 health priorities from 2002, the student team inquired about community members’ and service providers’ knowledge of existing programs to address these health priorities, and asked which items should continue to remain priorities for the health department. This document is intended to summarize the identified assets, needs and strengths of the community and serve as a resource to Chatham County community members and service providers so that action steps can be taken. This document begins with a brief background of Chatham County, before delving into seven recurring issues that were identified as important to the fifteen community members and fifteen service providers interviewed. These themes are: water quality, affordable housing, job availability, centralized communication, recreation, growth, and health priorities. Each of the seven prioritized themes contain secondary data, observations (when applicable), the perspectives of service providers and of community members, as well as a comparison of the two perspectives. Additionally, those themes that were discussed at the community forum (water quality, affordable housing, job availability, centralized communication and recreation) include a section outlining action steps that emerged. Next, the methodology of the various components of the AOCA process, such as conducting interviews and forum planning, are discussed. This document concludes with a discussion of the limitations and future considerations.
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  • Criffield, Robin
    • Other Affiliation: Chatham County Public Health Department
  • Jeffries, Vanessa
    • Other Affiliation: Chatham County Public Health Department
  • Phillips-Trimmer, Joan
    • Other Affiliation: Chatham County Public Health Department
  • Eng, Eugenia
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
  • Shirah, Kate
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
  • Berry, Nicole
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
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  • Master of Public Health
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • 2006
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  • iii, 46 pages, 79 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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