{"id":123589,"date":"2023-10-10T20:37:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T00:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=123589"},"modified":"2023-10-10T20:40:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T00:40:31","slug":"city-of-allentown-launches-community-health-needs-assessment-survey-that-will-shape-citys-future-health-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=123589","title":{"rendered":"City of Allentown Launches Community Health Needs Assessment Survey That Will Shape City\u2019s Future Health Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_123592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123592\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHNA_Flyer-1-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-123592 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHNA_Flyer-1-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHNA_Flyer-1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHNA_Flyer-1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHNA_Flyer-1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHNA_Flyer-1-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHNA_Flyer-1-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHNA_Flyer-1-300x388.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHNA_Flyer-1-scaled.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-123592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">click to enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>October 10, 2023 \u2013 The City of Allentown has launched the Health Bureau&#8217;s inaugural Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), inviting residents to participate in a short survey to identify and prioritize the most pressing health needs within the community.<\/p>\n<p>The insights gathered from this survey will serve as the foundation for the development and implementation of programs designed to benefit the community and elevate the overall health and well- being of city residents.<\/p>\n<p>Residents can access the survey at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/CHNA\">www.allentownpa.gov\/CHNA<\/a>. Completing the survey typically takes between 5-10 minutes. The survey is also available in Spanish by selecting the &#8220;Default language&#8221; link at the top and switching to Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>The Allentown Health Bureau is also actively seeking to engage community partners and groups to facilitate in-person surveys and broaden distribution. If you or your organization would like a representative from the Allentown Health Bureau to attend your event and promote the survey, please reach out to Yvonne Kingon at 610-437-7760 ext. 2842 or via email at <a href=\"mailto:yvonne.kingon@allentownpa.gov\">yvonne.kingon@allentownpa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For those who prefer paper copies of the survey, they will be available during outreach events. Please contact Yvonne Kingon at the Allentown Health Bureau to request a paper copy of the survey or visit the Allentown Health Bureau at 245 N. 6th Street.<\/p>\n<p>The survey results will be available in 2024 and will be used to help create the Community Health Improvement Plan for the City of Allentown.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/CHNA\">www.allentownpa.gov\/CHNA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nGenesis Ortega<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nOffice of the Mayor<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov\">http:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 10, 2023 \u2013 The City of Allentown has launched the Health Bureau&#8217;s inaugural Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), inviting residents to participate in a short survey to identify and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=123589\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">City of Allentown Launches Community Health Needs Assessment Survey That Will Shape City\u2019s Future Health Plans<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5716,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allentown","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/allentown-well-being.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/123590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}