Our Mission
The Calhoun County Department of Health has a mission to provide a continuum
of home, environmental, and community services, in order that individuals,
through all stages of life, are provided the highest quality of care. This is
accomplished through community education, expanding and developing needed
services and improving existing services. Our commitment to the community is
fulfilled by serving all with respect, confidentiality and compassion which
communicates a desire to meet their needs with a personal, effective and caring
approach.
The CCDH, together with a network of resources, demonstrates a standard of
excellence in meeting the health and human service needs of the community.
All services are evaluated and advised by groups of local citizens
representing the interests of the community and its residents.
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2005
CHNA&HIP Reports Are Available
The Community Health Needs Assessment and Health Improvement Plan (CHNA&HIP)
initiative is a comprehensive reporting process to assist communities across
Iowa
in communicating their community health needs and planning initiatives.
The overall goal of the CHNA&HIP initiative is to assure the health of
Iowans through a comprehensive and uniform report on leading health priorities
and health improvement plans. Local boards of health were charged with the
responsibility of assuring that comprehensive community health needs assessments
and health improvement plans were completed as described in Iowa Administrative
Code 641-77.
In
February 2005, every county in
Iowa
submitted a CHNA&HIP report to the Iowa Department of Public Health. IDPH
has created a centralized, consistent method for local agencies to report the
results of their independent community-based health status assessments and to
document community health improvement plans from 99
Iowa
counties. Each county's report reflects the identified public health
priorities and associated health improvement plans established through their
community health needs assessment process.
To
access the CHNA&HIP reports, complete the following steps:
1.
Go to www.idph.state.ia.us/chnahip
<http://www.idph.state.ia.us/chnahip>.
2. Select the 2005 CHNA&HIP Reports by County.
3. Select the county name from the drop-down list
and click on the "Get Report" button to display the report components
that are available for download.
Only counties that appear in the drop-down list have reports that are available
for download at this time. Additional counties will be added as soon as
their reports have been submitted and approved.
4.
Select either a component of a county’s report or select the complete report.
More
information will be made available to counties on how to manage revisions to
their CHNA&HIP report. IDPH appreciates the efforts of all local
boards of health, county public health agencies and the many community partners
that have made a commitment to promoting and protecting the health of all
Iowans.
Contact Information
Staff is available 24 hours a day, 7
days a week. E-mail us at
jcondon@calhouncountyiowa.com with comments or questions on
our services.
- Telephone
- 712-297-8323
- FAX
- 712-297-7530
- Postal address
- 501 Court St.
- Rockwell
City, IA 50579
- Email
- General Information: jcondon@calhouncountyiowa.com
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- Visit the Calhoun County website for information on all the county
services and offices in the courthouse and annexes at http://calhouncountyiowa.com.
