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Project Overview The FY2021 Community Health Needs Assessment was led by a core team comprised of leaders from St. Francis Hospital (SFL), Hillsboro Area Hospital (HAH), Carlinville Area Hospital & Clinics (CAH&C), and facilitated by the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s Department of Population Science and Policy (PSP). The entities collaborated on the planning, implementation, and completion of the assessment. The three hospitals facilitated several methods of data collection including secondary data analysis, a community advisory council, focus groups, and a community survey

The “Culture of Health” is an increasingly well-accepted concept that states where we live, learn, work and play has more to do with our health than anything else, including our genetic makeup or the availability of health care. For the last two years a small group of local residents, whose names are listed below, has been meeting monthly to explore how we could bring a Culture of Health to the communities and neighborhoods of Sangamon County. We call ourselves the “Community Health Roundtable”. After considerable reflection, the roundtable established a vision: Sangamon County citizens and

What is a Community Health Worker? What is a Community Health Worker (CHW)? There are many people in and out of the health care field that may not know what the CHW profession actually entails. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) describes a CHW as “lay members of the community who work either for pay or as volunteers in association with the local health care system in both urban and rural environments. CHWs usually share ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, and life experiences with the community members they serve.” They have been identified by many titles, such as

Being able to build relationships with patients from all cultural and socioeconomic communities is one of the factors needed by family medicine providers. Truly caring, listening, and paying attention to the little details make a world of difference in your patients’ care. Volunteering strengthens family medicine residents’ interest in family medicine and community need, while also opening their eyes to the numerous difficulties that many individuals in our country face in accessing services they need to be healthy. Neighborhood Federation Back to School Fair Annually, SIU partners with the

SIU physicians lead efforts with American Nepal Medical Foundation to help earthquake victims Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson and Janak Koirala "When there’s an earthquake, health care is what people need," says Janak Koirala, MD, MPH, professor and chair of the division of infectious disease who saw first-hand the devastating effects that the April 25 earthquake had on the people of Nepal. Though thousands of miles apart, Dr. Koirala and his wife, Sangita Basnet, MD, were two leaders in the efforts to help the people of Nepal through the American Nepal Medical

Community Support Network The mission of the Community Support Network (CSN) is to meet the mental health needs of individuals with chronic and severe mental illness residing in Springfield. CSN utilizes the service delivery model of Community Support Team. This model combines clinical and case management services, working to help clients manage their physical and mental health with the ultimate goal of recovery. Population Served CSN serves clients who are age 18 and over, reside in Springfield, have a diagnosis of a severe and persistent mental illness, have difficulty functioning