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Assessing Community Needs
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The goal of a Women's Wellness Center is to provide a comprehensive range of clinical services within the setting of an ambulatory care facility, as well as a wide variety of health promotion, disease prevention, and educational programs. While the primary emphasis of a WWC is to keep women healthy, it is also expected to detect problems early and to initiate effective interventions. In addition to improving the quality of life for the patients it serves, a WWC can also have a positive impact on families and communities by empowering women to become active participants in their healthcare and to gain control over the factors that affect health status.
WWCs with defined catchment area should work with local public health officials to assess the health situation of women within their area. To identify priority women's health issues within a given community, WWCs may follow these steps:
1. Create a Task Force, comprised of women's health clinicians and educators, that will be associated with the center.
2. Conduct a population-based survey about women's health to identify priority women's health issues in the region and possible health promotion interventions.
3. Organize further discussions with local political and community leaders about the most practical, acceptable and effective interventions for the community.
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