Assessments & Studies
Community Health Assessments
In 1999, the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) began searching for data to identify pressing health issues and help guide its work. Unable to find timely information that reflected the local community, WPHF decided to commission Professional Research Consultants, Inc. (PRC) to conduct the community’s first comprehensive health assessment.
The foundation, in partnership with Florida Hospital, provided financial support for this and three subsequent assessments – every five years (reports issued in 2004, 2009 and 2014) – enabling community leaders and policy-makers to monitor trends and recognize significant changes in community health risks, disease incidence rates and gaps in services. Resultant information has fueled strategic health planning and aided local health stakeholder organizations in securing grants from a wide variety of public and private sources.
For questions related to these Community Health Assessments, contact Debbie Watson, Executive Vice President of the Winter Park Health Foundation – [email protected]
Welcome to the State of Our Health 2015. This report looks at the target communities of Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park and highlights Healthy Central Florida and our partner’s efforts to improve health and well-being in these Central Florida cities. To evaluate health and establish trends with comparisons to the original 2011 survey results, community-level information was collected by University of Central Florida (UCF) Institute for Social and Behavioral Sciences using a recognized national survey instrument, the BRFSS (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System).
The 2013 State of Our Health: Executive Summary, Winter Park/ Maitland/ Eatonville
AdvantAge Initiative: Report to the Community
Meaningful Service & Employment
Transportation