C O M M U N I T Y H E A LT H N E E D S A S S E S S M E N T
To better understand and serve
Every three years, a CHNA is conducted by St. Clair Hospital in order to gain a better understanding of the unmet
healthcare needs of the community, including current residents and a growing, diverse population. The St. Clair
Hospital 2016 assessment also enables us to identify resources and strengths within that community. We then
develop an implementation plan, detailing the initiatives that we will put in place to address unmet health needs.

The overall goal of the CHNA is to improve community health in order to enhance the quality of life and well-being
of all those who live within the community we serve.

St. Clair Hospital is committed to serving the community through adherence to our mission, providing services that
prevent disease, promote healthy lifestyles, and offer state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic care.

This report is a summary of our findings and our plans to meet the high-priority needs identified by our CHNA.

The 2013 CHNA report spotlighted the following problems
that impact the overall health of our community:
ACCESS TO CARE | INADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE
CHRONIC AND LIFESTYLE-RELATED HEALTH CONDITIONS
In preparing the 2016 CHNA, we reviewed the 2013 CHNA, which identified and prioritized several key unmet health
needs: access to care, inadequate prenatal care, and chronic and lifestyle-related health conditions. In the ensuing
three years, the Hospital has achieved much progress in reaching those at-risk for these problems. Programs have
been developed that facilitate early detection of cancer through free screenings; health fairs have been conducted to
provide health education and screenings to reduce the incidence of chronic diseases; and the Hospital partnered with
community agencies to offer prenatal care, prenatal education and smoking cessation education. These initiatives,
and many others, were the direct result of the findings of the 2013 CHNA.

The Courtesy Van Program
increased ridership
in low-access/high-need
communities by 14%.

14 St. Clair Hospital
The Free Mammography
& Women’s Wellness Day
screened over 150 uninsured
women for breast cancer
and detected an incidence of
breast cancer in a patient.

St. Clair provided
free health screenings
and education to an
additional 600 residents
by expanding health fairs
into the region.