Bon Secours begins Community Health Needs Assessment
February 24, 2022
Survey Takes Place Every 3 Years to Identify Top Priorities
Bon Secours St. Francis Health System has kicked off its 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), a survey taken every three years to identify the top health concerns in the Greenville County area.
“It helps us set and establish priorities for the coming years,” explained Bon Secours St. Francis Health System’s Community Health Director, Pastor Sean Dogan. “It’s important to be in line with what is happening in our community so we can work collaboratively with other community groups to make sure we’re supporting those needs in every way possible.”
The assessment asks for community input on items ranging from local health resources, barriers to care, and gaps in services to trends regarding health and healthy lifestyles.
“We want to get people’s thoughts on our community’s health – do they have access to healthy food? To recreational areas where they can get physical activity? Can they get into see their doctor or afford their prescriptions?”
The top three focus areas identified during the last assessment, conducted in 2019, were homelessness, poor access to health services, and addiction.
“It’ll be interesting to see how some of the data plays out when we’re assessing people’s thoughts on access to health care and what they believe the capacity of the community is, because I’m not sure those questions would be answered the same way had we not had a pandemic,” said Dogan.
The results of this year’s survey will document what the top community needs are and guide the health system’s community benefit efforts as it plans and prioritizes those investments.
“We want to make sure people feel cared for, so we really try to get out there to hear what they have to say and then help meet those needs to the best of our ability. This assessment is meant to mobilize the entire community and create a response to things the data is showing us will help make people’s lives healthier.”
Anyone living in Greenville County is welcome to take part in the 2022 CHNA. They can do so by clicking here.
The assessment is expected to be completed by this Fall, with an implementation strategy approved and in place by January 2023. For more information about the CHNA or a look at results of previous assessments, visit bonsecours.com.
About Bon Secours
Bon Secours St. Francis Health System is part of Bon Secours Mercy Health, one of the 20 largest health systems in the United States and the fifth-largest Catholic health system in the country. The ministry’s quality, compassionate care is provided by more than 60,000 associates serving communities in Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia, as well as throughout Ireland. Bon Secours St. Francis Health System provides compassionate medical care to thousands of area residents through Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown and Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside, as well as a network of primary and specialty care practices, and ambulatory care sites across the Greenville region. Consistent with its commitment to serve each patient with dignity, Bon Secours Mercy Health.
