Greater Fargo-Moorhead Community Health Collaborative

The purpose of the Greater Fargo-Moorhead Community Health Needs Assessment Collaborative (GFMCHNAC) is to develop a view of the population’s health and the prevalence of disease and health issues within the specified service area of Cass County, North Dakota and Clay County, Minnesota.

Several components comprise the overall assessment so far, such as county health profiles and indicator maps of five states, special population profiles, and surveys of community leaders and residents. Survey instruments and information about data collection methods are also provided in a toolkit section.

PRODUCTS

Secondary Data

County Health Profiles

Indicator Maps

Special Population Profiles

Primary Data

2012 Greater Fargo-Moorhead Community Health Needs Assessment of Community Leaders

2012 Greater Fargo-Moorhead Community Health Needs Assessment of Residents

2012 Greater Fargo-Moorhead Community Health Needs Assessment of American Indians

Ramona Danielson and Donna Grandbois, Including American Indian Residents in a Community Health Needs Assessment: A Step Toward Development of Culturally Appropriate Care, poster presentation, April 2015
Ramona Danielson, “Community Health Needs Assessment Survey Results for American Indian Residents of the Greater F-M Area,” presentation to the Fargo Native American Commission, June 2014; presentation for MPH 773: Cultural Competence in Indian Health, January 2015
Dr. Donna Grandbois, "Community Engaged Research," presentation at the Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health Annual Summit, June 2014
Dr. Donald Warne, “F-M American Indian Community-Sponsored Health Needs Assessment,” presentation at the GFMCHNA Key Stakeholders Meeting," June 2013

Data are also available on the Sanford Health website and on the Essentia Health website

Toolkit

Presentation at the Community Health Needs Assessment Key Stakeholders Meeting, June 27, 2013
F-M Community Health Needs Assessment Asset Mapping Worksheet (Rev 9/13/12)
Document presenting information about Data Collection Methods
Survey Instrument for Generalizable Survey of Residents (scannable)
Survey Instrument for Stakeholders (online)
County Health Rankings Tools & Resources

Ideas at Work in the Greater Fargo-Moorhead Community

CassClayAlive!
Cass Clay Food Systems Initiative (Let's Eat Local!)
Community and Local Food Resources (UMN Extension - partnership between MN, ND, and SD)
Go 2030 Fargo Comprehensive Plan
Let's Move! Cities, Towns and Counties
PartnerSHIP 4 Health

Partners

Sanford Health
Essentia Health
Dakota Medical Foundation
Clay County Public Health
Fargo-Cass Public Health
United Way of Cass-Clay
Family HealthCare Center
North Dakota State University - Department of Nursing (Dr. Donna Grandbois, focus on American Indian populations)
Center for Social Research at North Dakota State University
First Link
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota
Southeast Human Services Center
Center for Rural Health at University of North Dakota

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The GFMCHNAC conducted needs assessment surveys in April and May 2012. The purpose of the surveys was to learn about the perceptions of area residents and key leaders regarding the resident population’s health and prevalence of disease and health issues within the community. Two separate surveys were conducted, a generalizable mail survey of area residents and a non-generalizable survey of area leaders that was conducted at a breakfast meeting and by an online survey.

North Dakota Compass

Health