Healthcare
Healthcare Committee Chairperson is Carlton Allen.
OBJECTIVES
Identify gaps:
The ETHNN Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment identified the following:
Prior to conducting the Comprehensive Community Assessment, network members identified the following priorities for access to healthcare:
Within this field we recognize the needs of sub-populations including the following:
OBJECTIVES
Identify gaps:
The ETHNN Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment identified the following:
- 44% have no healthcare coverage
- Top need under Economic Wellbeing is Health Insurance
- Top Need under Healthcare is Dental Care
- Top Need under Mental Healthcare is Treatment for Depression
Prior to conducting the Comprehensive Community Assessment, network members identified the following priorities for access to healthcare:
- Identify providers and services
- Identify costs
- Education and awareness
- Analyze 211 data
- Identify the gaps
Within this field we recognize the needs of sub-populations including the following:
- Chronic substance abuse
- Elderly
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- People with English as a second language
- Persons with cognitive disabilities
- Persons with HIV/AIDS
- Persons with less than a high school degree / GED
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Severely mentally ill
- Unaccompanied youth (under 18)
- Undocumented immigrants
- Veterans
- Victims of domestic violence
- GLBTQ (Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning)
