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The CHNA process

The steps of the CHNA process were developed in accordance with the New Brunswick Community Health Needs Assessment Guidelines (GNB, 2018). From a high-level perspective, the CHNA process consists of five key activities:

The CHNA approach

CHNAs help provide basic information on the health and wellness of communities and the factors that influence their overall health. From this point of view, the CHNA process must be approached from a population health perspective.

The population health approach aims to improve the health status of the entire population and reduce health inequalities between different population groups.

Source: New Brunswick Health Council Population Health Model

Communities assessed by Vitalité Health Network

CHNAs are done for each of the communities defined by the New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC), which divides New Brunswick into 33 communities. Vitalité Health Network covers 13 of those communities.

Zone 1B – Beauséjour Zone 5 – Restigouche
  1. Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
  2. Dieppe and Memramcook
  3. Moncton and surrounding area
  4. Shediac, Beaubassin-East and Saint-Antoine
  1. Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
  2. Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
Zone 4 – Northwest Zone 6 – Acadie-Bathurst
  1. Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
  2. Grand-Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
  3. Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin, Grimmer Area
  1. Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
  2. Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
  3. Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
  4. Tracadie-Sheila, Saumarez, Saint-Isidore Area