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“In a world with a growing number of health concerns, scarce resources, budget cuts, and conflicting opinions, it is very easy to lose sight of the ultimate goal – improving health outcomes. Oftentimes these external forces drive the decision making process within a health department and make determining where to focus resources and time challenging. Prioritization techniques provide a structured approach to analyze health problems and solutions, relative to all criteria and considerations, and focus on those that will prove to have the greatest impact on the overall health of a community.” – NACCHO Guide to Prioritization Techniques
Instructions:
1. Before this discussion, read the NACCHO Guide to Prioritization Techniques and the prioritization case study from Woodbury, MN. https://www.naccho.org/uploads/downloadable-resources/Gudie-to-Prioritization-Techniques.pdf 2. Click into the 8 “Issue Briefs” created in the Woodbury article. https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/learn-from-others/communities-in-action/woodbury-mn-community-members-prioritize-what%E2%80%99s-important 3. Then, look through this 2019 community health assessment from Washington County. https://www.co.washington.mn.us/DocumentCenter/View/23686/2019_CommunityHealthAssessment (where Woodbury is). Look through both the section on community conditions and then at the health outcomes data provided. 4. Use the space below to talk about community prioritization. Consider the following: Questions (Only answers there questions)
1. What major differences do you see between what the community prioritized and what the health assessment report says? 2. Why do you think those differences exist? 3. What kinds of issues might come up if you completed a prioritization activity with people in your target community? Do you think they would rate the health outcome you are working on as a top priority? If not, what else might be at the top? (Do some searching online to find evidence of what other kinds of things might arise). 4. What do you think should happen when there is a difference between community priorities and public health data? (“hard data”) 5.What is the value of conducting a community prioritization exercise to you?

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