A community health profile is a comprehensive compilation of information about a community.
The Profile is a living document, which should be updated on a regular basis as resources become available and emergent issues need to be addressed. The Bernalillo County 2009 Community Health Profile includes data on the following topics:
- County Overview (including demographics, education, poverty, housing, and transportation)
- Community Perceptions of Problems and Strengths
- Risk and Resiliency
- Environmental Health
- Mortality
- Maternal and Infant Health
- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Infectious Diseases
- Injury
- Crime and Violence
- Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicide
- Health System Capacity, and
- Health Access
The Community Health Profile is a critical first step in identifying community health needs and problems, which then serve as the basis for establishing priorities in the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). The CHIP is a four-year, community-wide plan that identifies health priorities and community-wide goals and objectives for addressing those priorities.
This document includes highlights from the Community Health Profile, and places particular emphasis on presenting information related to the five priority areas identified through the CHIP planning process, that was completed in May 2009:
- Health Access/Health System Capacity
- Poverty
- Education
- Mental Health/Substance Abuse
- Crime
Click here to read the Bernalillo County Community Health Profile Highlights 2009
Full Health Profile – coming soon!
The Bernalillo County July 2009 to July 2014 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) was prepared by the Bernalillo County Community Health Council (BCCHC) and our many community partners. The CHIP is a four‐year, community‐wide plan that identifies health priorities and community‐wide goals and objectives for addressing those priorities. The CHI Plan is based on data from the Bernalillo County Community Health Profile and is the result of an inclusive planning process. The CHIP is meant to be a living document, to be widely disseminated and used, and to be revised and updated as necessary (probably every year). 1 Each Comprehensive Health Council funded b the New Mexico Department of Health is required to develop a CHIP.
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The Bernalillo County CHIP was prepared from October 2008 through October 2009. The plan is based on the 2009 Bernalillo County Community Health Profile, a community survey conducted November 2008 through January 2009, two focus groups, five Community Open‐House meetings, and follow‐up planning meetings to finalize the CHIP priorities, goals, objectives, and strategies. Based on this process, the Bernalillo County Community Health Council adopted the following CHIP priorities and goals, guiding principles, and overarching strategies.
Click here to access the Community Health Improvement Plan
Health Priority Area Goals and Objectives
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Health Care Access
Goal 1 – Eliminate health access barriers such as those related to culture and language
Goal 2 – Ensure there is comprehensive and inclusive health systems planning in Bernalillo County; with an emphasis on prevention across all levels of future health planning
Goal 3 – Promote the development of a health care system that focuses on meeting human needs and creating health, rather than creating profit
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Poverty
Goal 1 – As a strategy to eliminate poverty and improve health, support the creation and maintenance of healthy communities through community organizing and active participation in proposed land use design, urban planning, and improved public transportation
Goal 2 – Support a Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) to address barriers to learning to enhance opportunities for college and career readiness in the school systems within Bernalillo County.
