Getting a community health assessment and improvement initiative off the ground--Part II: Easing your way into priorities and action plans.
The Michigan Health Care Institute administers the Rural Health Project--a W. K. Kellogg Foundation funded project to assist Michigan's rural communities with assessing and improving their health status and health care systems. We have talked to the experts, the veterans, and the consultants: worked closely with the Michigan Department of Public health to launch a state-wide community health assessment and improvement initiative: and been closely involved with Michigan's rural sites. The following is our best advice to those communities just beginning a health assessment and improvement initiative. It is the last in a two-part series about the process of improving community health.
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