by Terry Lenahan, 11/18/09
The 2009 Northeast Ohio Family Health Program Needs Assessment, a
report on health and socioeconomic trends in the region, is now
available at www.CommunitySolutions.com. As a Title X grantee, Community
Solutions provides demographic, reproductive health, education, and
economic trends for the five-county service area (Cuyahoga, Ashtabula,
Geauga, Lake, and Lorain counties) as part of its family planning needs
assessment plan.
The plan is used by Community Solutions and the delegate agencies of
the Northeast Ohio Family Health Program to achieve a better
understanding of current social and public health challenges in
providing family planning services. This plan was updated using the
latest data on the estimated need for family planning services.
The plan includes sections on demographics, education, economics,
maternal and child health, reproductive and sexual health, and women’s
health. Maps and data tables, with city, county, state, and national
data, are included in the appendices.
An example of available data in this plan is premature births (less
than 37 weeks gestation), the leading cause of newborn death and a major
cause of lifelong disability. A recent Plain Dealer article stated
Ohio’s premature birth rate of 13.2 percent earned an F in the
March of Dimes’ Premature Birth Report Card. But the state average
masks a worse problem in Northeast Ohio cities: Cleveland’s rate was
18.3 percent and Lorain’s rate was 13.9 percent.
Here is a link for the report:
http://www.communitysolutions.com/pr…esource_id=139
The 2009 Northeast Ohio Family Health Program Needs Assessment was
co-authored by Terry Lenahan, Research, and Melissa Federman, Family
Planning.
Tags: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Northeast Ohio, Ohio Family Health