by PRC | Apr 10, 2019 | CHNA
How many people in your community use opiates? Five percent? Twenty? The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports a daily average of over 130 deaths from opioid overdose, and while it’s relatively straightforward to obtain the statistics behind overdoses, it’s much...
by Isaiah Dominguez | Apr 5, 2019 | CHNA
It can be hard to get communities to be interested in hard numbers and data, but we have found that communities are exponentially more engaged when they can relate to the respondents. For PRC, this goes beyond just interviewing friends and neighbors. Our approach to...
by Isaiah Dominguez | Mar 28, 2019 | CHNA
For the past seven years, I’ve had the opportunity to attend the Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI) conference and have truly enjoyed watching the conference evolve beyond IRS rules and regulations. Yet, in the midst of all this change, there is a...
by PRC | Feb 13, 2019 | CHNA
In an effort to better inform the public about substance abuse’s impact on community health, PRC’s latest National Health Survey includes crucial community data about alcohol and drugs. In addition to the direct health impact for individuals, substance abuse...
by Noah Larsen | Feb 1, 2019 | CHNA
Many different program planning tools exist, but one of the most common and popular is the logic model. Logic models can fill in gaps on implementation strategy documents and ensure that you use funding to its greatest potential. Producing a logic model also creates...
by PRC | Jan 10, 2019 | CHNA
Access to Healthcare. Despite advances in care, many Americans still face significant health barriers. In the last decade, adults became increasingly insured, but many, especially low-income, non-white adults, remain without insurance. Apart from coverage, other...
