Community Health Assessment and Improvement (CHAI) is a process that improves the health of the community through a partnership between the Health Department and community representatives. The role of the Health Department is to carry out assessment and planning activities by assisting the community with the following services:
| Analyzing the health of the community |
| Determining priority community health needs |
| Identifying resources to address these needs |
| Developing plans and policies to address priority health needs |
Information gathered through the CHAI program is useful for the Health Department and for community planning purposes.
Health assessment activities are carried out in both Barry and Eaton counties. Click on the following to see what is happening in each community:
Barry County Health Assessment Initative
Eaton County Health Assessment Initiative
In addition to the community initiatives, the Health Dept engages in assessment activities as part of the core function as public health agency. Data is gathered and analyzed on a regular basis to monitor the health status of the community and guide program planning and CHAI initiatives. Click on any of the following to find community health data:
Michigan Department of Community Health provides morbidity, mortality, and communicable disease data for all areas of Michigan.
Capital Area Community Voices (CACVoices) provides health data for the Clinton, Eaton and Ingham county area.
Barry County COMPASS Assessment is a community perception survey conducted by the Barry Community Resource Network. Email us to receive a copy of the executive summary.
Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Barry & Eaton County contains health risk data from a telephone survey conducted in 1996. Email us to receive a copy of the survey report.
