The process defines people, place, and community systems using a variety of primary and secondary data sources that include quanatitative and qualitative data. It uses a systematic, collaborative approach to gather primary and secondary data to comprehensively describe the community.

CHA is the first step of the nursing process for populations and communities. It uses frameworks, models, and tools to guide community assessment.

secondary data — data obtained through existing reports on the community that were collected by another entity or for a purpose other than community health assessment. qualitative data — data expressed in word form that cannot be quantified; describe perspectives of individuals and populations. community health assessment (CHA) — provides a comprehensive picture of a community’s current health status, factors that contribute to higher health risks or poorer health outcomes, and available community…. health indicators — numerical measures of health outcomes, such as morbidity and mortality, that have been analyzed and are used to compare rates or trends of priority community health outcomes and….