Representatives from the media are invited to join the partners at Community Health Care's Rock Island clinic at 10 a.m. that morning. Leadership and staff from the partnering organizations are scheduled to provide introductory remarks and will be available for questions at or after the event. The assessment and associated documents will be available for viewing and download at http://quadcities.healthforecast.net as of September 15, 2015.
The Community Health Assessment is a systematic, data-driven approach to determining the health status, behaviors and needs of residents in the Quad Cities Area. The study is a follow-up to similar studies conducted since 2002. This study is innovative for its alignment of methodology between the local health providers and public health systems.
For more information, please contact the Quad City Health Initiative office at 563-421-2815.
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