Community Health Assessment
Public Data Sources
Most of these documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader. The Appalachian District's fiscal year is the same as the State of North Carolina's: July 1st through June 30th. Therefore, many of the statistics cover more than one calendar year. For example, the 2005 ADHD fiscal year ran from July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2005. The majority of the Division of Health's Program Report Cards become available the second quarter following the fiscal year end (October - December 2006) for the 2005 FYE.
2005
2004
State of North Carolina's Child Health Report Card 2004
2003
Behavorial Risk Factors Surveliance Survey from the CDCAshe County disease statistics from the Ashe County Healthy Carolinians
Cancer Profiles Ashe County 2003
Alleghany County Community Health Report
Cancer Profiles Alleghany County 2003
Cancer Profiles Watauga County 2003
The NC report on Race and Ethnicity
A analysis of self reported information by WIC clients on smoking during pregnancy
Latino Report for North Carolina 2003
The Leading Causes of Death in North Carolina
Report on North Carolina's Drug and Alcohol use
2002
The 2002 report on Poverty in the USLinks
Environmental, Nutrition & Activity Community Tool - Environmental Nutrition and Activity Community Tool (ENACT) is a part of the Prevention Institute website that has some great resources for your policy initiatives related to healthy eating and increased physical activity. There is a database which you can search for policies that have been written in communities across the country. Don't reinvent the wheel! Find something written elsewhere and tweak it!
A Source Book on Health Issues - Covering Health Issues: A Sourcebook for Journalists." This document was created by the Alliance for Health Reform and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It is an "everything you wanted to know about a broad health issue (not a specific disease), but were afraid to ask" resource. Chapters include: the uninsured, private health care coverage, children's health care coverage, Medicare, Medicare prescription drug program, Medicaid, long-term care, health care costs, health care quality, disparities, mental health, and public health. Each chapter gives an explanation of the issue(s), how it came to be, current policy debates, story ideas, resources, experts, websites, and much more. It is available in English and Spanish.