Planning for New Brunswick's Future
new brunswick community health assessment

Accurate and comprehensive information on the health status of New Brunswick residents is critically important in guiding and defining the priority target areas of Healthier New Brunswick 2010. This key role is fulfilled by Rutgers Center for State Health Policy under its Director, Dr. Joel Cantor. This work is being done in collaboration with the Healthier New Brunswick 2010 Project Director and the Community Health Advisory Group (CHAG). This interrelated component of Healthier New Brunswick 2010 will provide essential statistical and perceptual data not only to define the most acute needs, but to also measure our success in addressing those needs. The assessment, which is well underway, will also help to attract the invaluable expertise and participation of New Brunswick’s academic health care resources.

Assessment Findings

• Background Report
• Focus Groups: Residents Perspectives
• Key Informant Interviews: Stakeholder Perspectives
• Health and Health Care of New Brunswick's Children
• Potentially Avoidable Use of Hospital Emergency Departments in New Jersey