NYC Health + Hospitals is conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to identify, understand and respond to your communities’ health needs. The assessment is conducted every three years. During the fall, there will be an opportunity to share your ideas for how we can work together to improve health in your community.

Share this survey with your community! If you have any questions, please contact Chris Philippou (phone: 646-694-7128; email: philippc1@nychhc.org) or Dolores Wigfall (phone: 646-694-7020; email: wigfalld@nychhc.org).

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* 1. Where is your community located?

A community is where you work, live, and play. It could also be where you spend most of your time with your family, neighbors, and friends, or where your clients live.

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* 2. A health need is anything that makes it hard to manage health in your community.

The tables below list common health needs. When scoring these health needs, think of how your neighbors, family, friends, and clients feel about these health needs.

What are the top causes of poor health status and death in your community? Score each cause from 1 to 5, where 1 is not a significant problem and 5 is a significant problem. You can write in any health needs that you think are missing.

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Alcohol use
Asthma
Back problems and low back pain
Cancer
COPD and other lung diseases
Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
Diabetes
Drug use, including opioids
Heart Disease and high blood pressure
HIV, STIs, and Hepatitis C
Injuries due to falls, accidents, and violence
Kidney disease
Maternal and women's health
Mental health disorders, including depression
Obesity and high BMI
Stroke
Suicide and self-harm

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* 3. What are the top risk factors of poor health status and death in your community?
Score each cause from 1 to 5, where 1 is not a significant problem and 5 is a significant problem. You can write in any health needs that you think are missing.

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Access to palliative care and hospice
Access to primary care
Access to health insurance
Access to home and community based long-term care
Access to mental and behavioral health care
Access to specialty care
Access to transportation
Aging and frailty
Child and adolescent development
Chronic pain and arthritis
Community safety and violence
Decent work conditions and economic opportunity
Disability and access to care for people with disabilities
Domestic and sexual abuse
Exercise and physical activity
Green space and park access
Health care literacy (understanding how to use health care & advice from caregivers)
Higher education completion
Housing access, affordability, and quality
Hunger, food access, and poor nutrition
Immigration and citizenship status
Indoor and outdoor air quality
Jail and criminal justice
Language and language access services
Obesity and high BMI
Poverty and low-income status
Social isolation and connection
Stress and emotional wellbeing
Tobacco and e-cigarettes
Water quality

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* 4. Any other comments (optional):

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