Planning for a Healthy Community Begins Here
Franklin County Public Health and our partners collect data to target public health issues that are important to our community today and tomorrow. The information generated here can be used for
Community Planning
Detection of Emerging Health Problems
Health Program Evaluation
Stimulation of Local Research
Determine Public Health Intervention
A community health assessment is a process that uses quantitative and qualitative methods to systematically collect and analyze data to understand health within a specific community.
Elligers - NACCHO
A community health improvement plan is a long-term, systematic effort to address public health problems on the basis of the results of community health assessment activities and the community health improvement process.
PHAB - Version 1.0
FCPH Community Health Assessment (CHA) and Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)
Data Resources
Additional data resources are measured at the local state and national level. Click on the links below for each source, or their direct link to the data available.
Franklin County Health Assessment and Wellness
Leading Cause of Mortality (CDC, WHO)
County Health Rankings
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Healthy People 2010/2020
Ohio Department of Health Data Information Warehouse
Surveillance
- Annual Summary of Infectious Diseases 2015
- Infectious Disease Reporting System (IDRS)
- Columbus & Franklin County Seasonal Influenza surveillance reports
- Benchmarking Central Ohio 2013
Vital Statistics (Birth and Death Certificates: Franklin County and Columbus) Data
Public Health Policy
Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiological Research (WONDER)
If you have any further questions, contact Abigail Boeckman, Epidemiology Supervisor at abigailboeckman@franklincountyohio.gov.