Conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment Using a Racial Justice & Health Equity Lens

Webinar | October 27th, 2022

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Learning objectives

  1. To develop baseline understanding of the role a community health needs assessment (CHNA) can play in public health practice
  2. To identify the process steps of a CHNA using a racial & health equity lens
  3. To contextualize the need for community input and strategies for equitably engaging community members in meaningful ways
  4. To identify multiple data sources and acknowledge the benefit of employing qualitative methods
  5. To brainstorm process challenges and solutions for stages within a CHNA

Meet the Instructor

Alyssa Benalfew-Ramos, MPH (she/hers)

is Associate Director in the Office of Racial Equity & Community Engagement at the Boston Public Health Commission. She has worked at the BPHC for three and a half years, having previously worked in the Division of Violence Prevention doing workforce development training, capacity building, grant management, coalition building, and organizational change work related to racial equity and trauma-informed approaches. She has had the opportunity to partner with Black, Latinx/a/o, and other Boston youth of color to prevent and address substance use/misuse and violence. With an Ethiopian/Jamaican background, the daughter of immigrants, and a BUSPH alumna, Alyssa is enthusiastic about addressing our communities’ social determinant of health needs and using data to drive systems change.