Executive Summary

Parkland Health & Hospital System (Parkland) and the Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) undertook a joint Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) in adherence to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and as part of the accreditation process for public health departments. In accordance with the ACA, the CHNA’s report was accepted by Parkland’s Board of Managers on September 18, 2019.

The overarching goal of this CHNA was to identify the geographic areas and populations that experience the most significant health disparities including, racial and ethnical minorities, low social economic populations, underserved population, those with chronic disease and those with infectious disease.

The methodology framework used for this CHNA includes: Public Health Practice, Community Based Participatory Research, Strategic Planning as well as qualitative and quantitative data analysis. The data used for this report was gathered from an array of data sources and from a series of focus groups conducted throughout Dallas County.

The following provides an overview of the key finding that emerged from this CHNA.

Findings:

  Access to Care

  Health Disparities

  Special Populations

  Chronic Conditions

  Infectious Diseases