El Dorado County Maternal Child Adolescent Health Needs Assessment and Action Plan 2015-2020
The El Dorado County Maternal , Child and Adolescent Health Needs Assessment is conducted every five years by the local Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) program in collaboration with local entities who work with women of childbearing age and their children.
Poor health indicators outlined in the Community Health Status Report, along with community partner input, help identify priority areas of focus for the MCAH Needs Assessment. These areas of focus are then used create action plans in the MCAH program to be implemented for the subsequent five years.
The areas of focus for the 2014 MCAH Needs Assessment were identified as substance use, mental health, domestic violence, and immunization coverage levels.
Community Health Status Report (Pages 1-2)
- The Community Health Status Report compares El Dorado County with the State. Bright spots (highlighted in green) are where the County is doing significantly better than the State, have meet Healthy People (HP) 2020 goals, or have improved over time. Areas for improvement (highlighted in red) are the areas where the County is doing significantly worse that the State, have gotten worse over time, or are not meeting HP 2020 goals.
MCAH Action Plans for 2015-2020:
Community Hubs (Pages 21-25)
Goal 1: Access to Health Care
- By creating Community Hubs in each of the five supervisorial districts, families can more easily engage in services that will increase health and local resource literacy, knowledge of child development and parenting, and experience less social isolation. This improved knowledge, social connectedness, and linkage to services will benefit current and future generations as children and their families will flourish in a healthier, more resilient home and community environment.
ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) & Trauma-Informed Care (Pages 26-30)
Goal 2 & 3: Perinatal Mood Anxiety Disorders/SIDS
- Working with area providers and within the community to increase knowledge on ACEs , their effects, promote routine screening and linkage to needed services will ultimately reduce risk factors, promote resiliency and increase protective factors within El Dorado County. This improved knowledge, social connectedness, and linkage to needed services will benefit current and future generations as children and their families will flourish in a healthier home and community environment.
Violence Prevention (Pages 31-35)
Goal 2: Partner Family Violence
- Educating children, school staff, parents, caregivers and community-based organizations on necessary like skills for youth, violence prevention, and how to work with those who have experienced trauma will ultimately reduce risk factors, increase resiliency and promote protective factors within El Dorado County. This improved knowledge and social connectedness will benefit current and future generations because children, as well as those who care for them, will have the tools to flourish and create a healthy home and community environment.
Substance Use Dashboard
Mental Health Dashboard
Domestic Violence Dashboard
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2015
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https://www.edcgov.us/Government/PublicHealth/community%20nursing/documents/2015%20MCAH%20Needs%20Assessment%20and%20Action%20Plans.pdf