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Community Health 

Improvement Plan

The study breaks the findings into various 
cohorts: age, ethnicity, sex and economic factors. 
The CHNA serves as a guide in the development 
of our Community Health Improvement Plan 
(CHIP) and our organization’s Strategic Plan that 
our Board of Trustees adopted this fiscal year. 
Drafts of this plan were discussed and revised 
with the advice of the CHIP Committee, Executive 
Team, Good Shepherd Department Managers 
and our Board of Trustees. After prioritization, 

the following key issues were chosen to focus our 
efforts on and set realistic goals over the next 
three-year period:

•Mental Health

•Obesity/Nutrition/Physical Activity

•Women’s Men’s and Infant Health

Please take a moment to review the Community 
Health Improvement Plan on our website.

Our Community Benefit Oversight Committee helped conduct the Community Health Needs 
Assessment (CHNA) in 2021 and took an in-depth look at the “health” of our region. This study 
measured acute and chronic diseases, behavior health, access to care, health practices, lifestyles 
and preventative measures. 

Community Health & Outreach 
staff present summer school 
health education.