Steuben Rural Health Network: Work Plan ’10 Prep. – Health Activity Assessments

Overview:  The Steuben Rural Health Network (SRHN) is an organization of health and human service providers dedicated to improving community health and wellness in Steuben County. Through collaborative committees and work groups, the SRHN assists member agencies in performing health and wellness activities, and offers capacity-building services that assist the member agencies themselves.


SRHN activities are guided by an annual Work Plan. Midway through each Work Plan year, the SRHN invites committee and Work Group members to help outline the goals, objectives, activities, and strategies that the Network will focus upon through the course of the next Work Plan year. Please help the SRHN organize subjects to consider at our Annual Meeting by providing answers to the following.


1.  Review of Goals and Objectives:

Goals and Objectives: Disposition:
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Statement of Objective #1: Improve Community Health and Wellness in Steuben County through collaborations of Steuben Rural Health Network members that address identified community health needs.

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Sub-Goal A:  Support health and human service systems by assisting them in identifying needs, securing resources, and improving public and provider access to health services through information and communication support. 

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Sub-Goal B:  Facilitate the development of project-based initiatives designed to meet health and human service priorities. 

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Statement of Objective #2: Increase the capacity of Health and Human Service Agencies throughout Steuben County to deliver effective health services.

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Sub-Goal A: Support the professional development and retention of Health and Human service workers in collaboration with the Western NY AHEC. 

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Sub-Goal B: Support growth and stability of Health and Human Service agencies to deliver services to the uninsured or those unable to pay for health services. 

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Sub-Goal C: Encourage and support innovative solutions through health technology planning and implementation. 

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Statement of Objective #3: Establish the lateral coordination of the Steuben Rural Health Network with other regional initiatives to effect cross-system improvements. 

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Statement of Objective #4:  Develop the Steuben Rural Health Network through sound organizational structures and organizational capacity to plan, promote, govern, and sustain itself effectively. 

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Comments on above answers:

PREVENTION AGENDA TOWARD THE HEALTHIEST STATE 2008

As part of the collaborative community health assessment process, the Steuben Rural Health Network will support the following priority areas as outlined in the Prevention Agenda Toward the Healthiest State 2008.

Priority areas include:

2.  Collective Analysis:   While a SWOT Analysis (considering the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats facing an organization) remains a useful way to analyze an agency, the SRHN would like to modify this analysis by considering these categories through the lens of our community and your own agency’s or department’s stance on critical local health issues. Please consider the following questions:

Strengths

From your agency’s perspective, what are the most successful activities, initiatives, or sponsorships that the SRHN currently performs that you would like continued next year?
Communication (including promotion, distribution, facilitation activities, etc.):

1.

Collaboration (including participation or leadership for group activities, project planning, sponsored trainings or events, etc

2.

Capacity-Building (including trainings, projects, research, or other management support work, etc.):

3.

Other Notes:

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Weaknesses

What skills, assets, or expertise does your agency need assistance in developing to meet its mission more completely?
Communication (including need for promotion, distribution, facilitation activities, etc.):

1.

Collaboration (including need for participation or leadership for group activities, project planning, sponsored trainings or events, etc.):

2.

Capacity-Building (including need for trainings, projects, research, or other manangement support work, etc.):

3.

Other Notes:

4.


Opportunities

What health issues do you notice, read about, or get asked about the most in the time during and outside your work day?
Communication (including need for promotion, distribution, facilitation activities, etc.):

1.

Collaboration (including need for participation or leadership for group activities, project planning, sponsored trainings or events, etc.):

2.

Capacity-Building (including need for trainings, projects, research, or other manangement support work, etc.):

3.

Other Notes:

4.


Threats

What are the most frequent health care-related requests or services your agency receives for which it cannot fully meet the need, or requires the most help to deal with? (e.g., your agency has to refer elsewhere because it does not perform the service requested, or performs the service but needs additional resources to handle the demand)
Communication (including need for promotion, distribution, facilitation activities, etc.):

1.

Collaboration (including need for participation or leadership for group activities, project planning, sponsored trainings or events, etc.):

2.

Capacity-Building (including need for trainings, projects, research, or other manangement support work, etc.):

3.

Other Notes:

4.