HEALTH

With changes to TennCare pending and health care costs rising, health issues are an important part of the discussion about quality of life in Hamilton County. CRC will build on its long history of involvement in analyzing local health data.

CRC and Health

CRC has provided data analysis and support to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Health Council. This includes three Hamilton County Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Surveys (1995, 1999, and 2004) and two Hamilton County Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (1998 and 2002). Currently, CRC is the evaluation and monitoring partner in Project Access, a $2 million federally funded initiative by the Hamilton County Medical Society to provide health care to the uninsured.

Publications and Data

Choices: A Report on Risky Behaviors Among Hamilton County Teens

State of the Community’s Health (2004)

A Report on Risky Behaviors Among Teens in Hamilton County’s Public High Schools (August 1998)

Reducing Risks, Expanding Opportunities: A Report on Community Health (May 1996)

Life in Hamilton County - Health

Projects in Development

CRC is in the process of developing proposals to examine the health and economic impacts resulting from changes to the TennCare program.

Related Links

Health Information Tennessee (HIT) http://hit.state.tn.us/
Centers for Disease Control www.cdc.gov
Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts http://www.statehealthfacts.org
Hamilton County Health Department http://health.hamiltontn.org
National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov