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Executive Summary Rockbridge area residents have long been interested in promoting equity and improving the community’s response to the needs of at-risk individuals. The Rockbridge Area Free Clinic, recognizing the need to further develop a sustainable system of care for the medically underserved in the Rockbridge area, applied for and was awarded an $80,000 Health Center Planning Grant by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This grant was used to fund a 12-month project to broadly define and assess the health of our community and develop a community health improvement plan. This project, known as the Rockbridge Area MAPP Project, was conducted in partnership with Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital and the Central Shenandoah Health District. The Rockbridge Area
Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) provides a full report of the community-based visioning, assessment, and planning process conducted between September 2011 and August 2012. The information presented in the Community Health Needs Assessment was gathered through a variety of sources. The health status of the Rockbridge area was analyzed through a comparison of local and state data. Goals for health improvement are guided by national benchmarks set forth by Healthy People 2020. Focus groups were held to collect feedback from individuals across the lifespan and surveys were distributed to both a random sample of all area residents and a target population of medically underserved residents. The assessment data was used by the Steering Committee to identify
ROCKBRIDGE AREA Community Health Improvement Plan