Hendricks County Community Health Assessment (2018)
The 2018 Hendricks County Community Health Assessment provides a comprehensive look at the health and wellness of Hendricks County residents. During the year of 2018, local hospital systems and universities including Indiana University Health, Franciscan Alliance, Community Health Network, St. Vincent/Ascension, IU School of Public Health, and University of Evansville School of Health Sciences along with members of the Hendricks County Health Partnership, staff at the Hendricks County Health Department, and staff at Hendricks Regional Health collaborated to conduct a county-wide primary survey of residents' health needs and behaviors. In addition to the primary survey, IU Health West hosted a focus-leader meeting including representatives from various health agencies in the county to discuss and identify the most urgent health needs according to their experience and witness, as well as a key stakeholder interview with a representative from the Hendricks County Health Department to discuss the focus-leaders' conclusions. Following this, staff members at the Hendricks County Health Department conducted a secondary data review which includes the most recent, county-specific data available from national sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Indiana Youth Institute
As an advocate for healthy youth development in Indiana, the Indiana Youth Institute provides capacity-building programs and resources for the state’s youth workers and nonprofit, youth-serving organizations. Their mission is to promote the healthy development of Indiana children and youth by serving the people, institutions and communities that impact their well-being.
SAVI - The Polis Center at IUPUI
SAVI helps people and organizations make data-informed decisions. It’s our vision that all organizations will have access to and use data to improve planning and decision-making and ultimately improve the quality of life in the communities they serve.
More Great Public Health Data Resources:
Do you have an update, suggested edit, suggested deletion, or suggested addition for the resource guide? Email [email protected] OR call 317-745-9618.
The 2018 Hendricks County Community Health Assessment provides a comprehensive look at the health and wellness of Hendricks County residents. During the year of 2018, local hospital systems and universities including Indiana University Health, Franciscan Alliance, Community Health Network, St. Vincent/Ascension, IU School of Public Health, and University of Evansville School of Health Sciences along with members of the Hendricks County Health Partnership, staff at the Hendricks County Health Department, and staff at Hendricks Regional Health collaborated to conduct a county-wide primary survey of residents' health needs and behaviors. In addition to the primary survey, IU Health West hosted a focus-leader meeting including representatives from various health agencies in the county to discuss and identify the most urgent health needs according to their experience and witness, as well as a key stakeholder interview with a representative from the Hendricks County Health Department to discuss the focus-leaders' conclusions. Following this, staff members at the Hendricks County Health Department conducted a secondary data review which includes the most recent, county-specific data available from national sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Indiana Youth Institute
As an advocate for healthy youth development in Indiana, the Indiana Youth Institute provides capacity-building programs and resources for the state’s youth workers and nonprofit, youth-serving organizations. Their mission is to promote the healthy development of Indiana children and youth by serving the people, institutions and communities that impact their well-being.
SAVI - The Polis Center at IUPUI
SAVI helps people and organizations make data-informed decisions. It’s our vision that all organizations will have access to and use data to improve planning and decision-making and ultimately improve the quality of life in the communities they serve.
More Great Public Health Data Resources:
- American FactFinder
- America's Health Rankings
- CDC BioSense Platform
- CDC Wonder
- Community Commons
- County Health Rankings
- Diversity Data
- Data USA
- IDOE Compass
- ISDH Epidemiology Resource Center
- STATS Indiana
- STATS America
Do you have an update, suggested edit, suggested deletion, or suggested addition for the resource guide? Email [email protected] OR call 317-745-9618.
