A Needs Assessment

for

Bucks County

Part I

 

 

Bucks County Health Improvement Project

and

United Way of Bucks County

David Barton Smith, Ph.D.

Project Director

Center for HealthCare Research and Management

Temple University

 

October 2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Preface

Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
Introduction

Part I. Qualitative Assessment:

A Progress Report on Bucks County in the Words of its Caregivers

  1. Existing Goals and Targeted Concerns
  2. The Social Context
  3. Access to Supportive Services
  4. Access to Health Services

Part II. Quantitative Assessment:
Key Indicators of the Health and Quality of Life in Bucks County

  1. Demographics
  2. Vital Statistics
  3. Healthcare Resources That Shape Patterns of Use
  4. Selected Social Distress Indicators
  5. Total Expenditures for Health, Education and Social Services
  6. Bucks County Household Survey

Part III. A Strategic Assessment and Action Agenda
  1. Assessment
  2. Creating a Strategic Vision
  3. Designing a Service Line Action Agenda
    1. Early Childhood (0-5)
    2. School Age (6-18)
    3. Young Adult (19-39)
    4. Middle Age (40-64)
    5. Seniors (65+)
  4. Conclusion

Figures
  1. Healthy People in Healthy Communities: A Systematic Approach to Health and Community Improvement
  2. The Bucks County Needs Assessment
  3. Key Informant Discussion Groups
  4. Using the Key Informant Groups to Assess Needs in Bucks County
  5. Health Risks, Access and Status of Adult Residents of Bucks County and the United States
  6. Health Risks, Access and Status Disparities in Bucks County and US Residents
  7. Changes in Health Risk, Access and Health Status in Bucks County 1991 – 2001
  8. Quality of Life and Community Problems in Bucks County
  9. Ranking Community Problems in Bucks County

 

Appendix I – Quantitative Assessment: Tables and Data Sources for Key Indicators of the Health and Quality of Life in Bucks County

Overview

  1. Demographics
    2.
    1. Population
      2.
    2. Diversity
      3.
    3. Income
      4.
    4. Education
      5.
    5. Births
      6.
    6. Deaths
      7.
    7. Healthcare Resources
      8.
    8. Selected Social Distress Indicators
      9.
  2. Expenditures
    3.
  3. Youth Surveys
    4.

Appendix II - Bucks County Adult Household Survey

Introduction

  1. Methodology
    2.
  2. Listing of Questionnaire and Frequency Distribution
    3.
  3. Weight and Health Chart
    4.
  4. Comparison of Adults Currently Smoking
    5.
  5. Behavioral Risks
    6.

 

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