IntermediateBEHAVIORAL
Tell me about a time you led or coordinated a community health assessment—how did you gather data, engage stakeholders, and ensure the findings informed a community health improvement plan?
Public Health Specialist
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Sample Answer

In my last role I led a county-wide community health assessment covering 120,000 residents. I coordinated a 10-person cross-sector team and we combined quantitative data (hospital discharge, immunization records, BRFSS subsample) with qualitative input from 12 focus groups and an online survey that reached 3,400 residents. To engage stakeholders I ran three countywide convenings with local clinics, schools, and faith leaders and used simple scorecards to highlight disparities—e.g., diabetes prevalence was 18% in one ZIP versus 8% countywide. Those scorecards drove priority selection and I helped translate findings into a three-year Community Health Improvement Plan with measurable goals: reduce diabetes-related ER visits by 15% and increase HPV vaccination to 80% within 36 months. We tracked quarterly metrics and adjusted interventions when a clinic partner missed targets.

Keywords

Mixed-methods data collection (quantitative + qualitative)Stakeholder engagement through convenings and scorecardsClear, measurable goals tied to assessment findingsOngoing monitoring and adaptive management