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NWA Community Needs Assessment Checklist

By National WIC Association

NWA created this checklist to assist with local needs assessments as part of the CPHMC project. The needs assessment was ultimately translated into the community action plan.

From 2014 – 2017 CDC’s Division of Community Health (DCH) funded the National WIC Association (NWA) and four other partner organizations to build and strengthen community infrastructure to implement population-based strategies to improve communities’ health. During this 3-year cooperative agreement with CDC, NWA partnered with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and 30 local WIC agencies to reduce and prevent chronic disease by improving access to healthy food environments and improving access to prevention and disease management services, like WIC. NWA funded and supported two cohorts of local WIC agencies in select target states to work with community partners to build and enhance community partnerships, perform community needs assessments, and develop and implement strategies to achieve community health goals.

By the end of the 3 year project, NWA sought to achieve the following outcomes: 1) increased collaboration between national and community partners, 2) increased community capacity to implement policy, systems, and environmental improvements, 3) increased messages on the importance of policy, systems, and environmental improvements, 4) increased access to environments with healthy food or beverage options in local communities, and 5) increased opportunities for chronic disease prevention and care through community and clinical linkages in local communities.

See also NWA’s Community Needs Assessment Survey.

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Date Added
December 12, 2017

Citation
National WIC Association (2015) Community Needs Assessment Checklist. Available online: https://thewichub.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/2017/12/Community-Needs-Assessment-Checklist.pdf