The Community Health Division is composed of registered nurses with varied levels of job specific training and certifications. They work directly with clients/families/childcare staff, and collaborate with the health care team to promote optimal health for individuals and families in Buncombe County.

Our goal is to provide comprehensive assessments, interventions, and referrals to support services and health education for our clients in the convenience of their home or a community setting. We take care of children in Child Care Centers, high-risk prenatal clients, postpartum and newborn clients in their home, and disabled adults and children that qualify for nursing home placement, but whose families choose to keep them at home with medical support services.

A Community Health Assessment (CHA) is a systematic, data-driven approach to determining the health status, health behaviors, and needs of residents in a defined geographical region. The CHA report becomes a guide or roadmap for the primary health issues our community will address collectively for the next five years. From the CHA report, service agencies in the public and private sectors can formulate strategies to improve community health and wellness.

2010 Buncombe County Community Health Assessment Reports

North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services requires that Buncombe County conduct a Community Health Assessment every four years. Buncombe County, HealthPartners and Mission Hospitals collaborate in this effort.

• Full Report
• News Release
• Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• 2010-2014 Buncombe County Health Priorities
• Introduction and CHA Process
• Community Engagement
• Health Priorities
• Data Sources
• Population Demographics
• Data and Analysis
  • Introduction
  • Health Outcomes – death / mortality
  • Health Outcomes – disease / morbidity
  • Health Factors – Health Behaviors
  • Health Factors – Clinical Care
  • Health Factors – Social and Economic Factors
  • Health Factors – Physical Environment
• Strategic Innovation – the Healthy Living project
• Summary and Next Steps
• Appendix A – Community engagement and leadership
• Appendix B – Local health survey
• Appendix C – Opinion Survey and Listening Sessions
• Appendix D – Healthy Living project – defining leverage
• Healthy Living system map
• Appendix E – Staff Support and Consultants
• Appendix F – Data collection instruments

Additional Community Health Assessment Reports

• 2005 (Full Report)
• 2000 (Full Report)

State of the County Health Report

• 2011
• 2009
• 2008
  • Highlights
• 2007
• 2005

Other Agencies' Statistics

• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics
• North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics

Contact Information

Gaylen Ehrlichman
(828) 250-5045
Gaylen.Ehrlichman@buncombecounty.org

Contact

Connie Roberts
Community Health Supervisor
p. 828.250.5072

SIDS and Prenatal Loss:
Susan Creede
Registered Nurse
p. 828.250.5066
p. 828.775.0719

Diane Frankel
Registered Nurse
p. 828.250.5067
p. 828.775.6035

Address
35 Woodfin Street
Asheville, NC 28801
p. 828.250.5000

Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.