ASHTABULA COUNTY
2025 Community Health Needs Assessment
SEPTEMBER 2025
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COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW
Healthy Ashtabula County is pleased to provide a comprehensive overview of our community’s health status and needs: the 2025 Ashtabula County CHNA.
The 2025 Ashtabula County CHNA is the result of a collaborative effort coordinated by Healthy Ashtabula County, which includes the Ashtabula County Health Department, the Ashtabula City Health Department, the Conneaut City Health Department, University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center, University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center, Ashtabula Regional Medical Center, and many other partners. The intent of this effort is to help health departments, hospitals, social service agencies, other organizations, and community stakeholders better understand the health needs and priorities of Ashtabula County residents.
Characterizing and understanding the prevalence of acute and chronic health conditions, access to care barriers, health disparities, and other health issues can help direct community resources to where they will have the biggest impact. Participating organizations will begin using the data reported in the 2025 Ashtabula County CHNA to inform the development and implementation of strategic plans to meet the community’s health needs, including the hospitals’ implementation strategy.
We hope the 2025 Ashtabula County CHNA serves as a guide to target and prioritize limited resources, a vehicle for strengthening community relationships, and a source of information that contributes to keeping people healthy.
The 2025 Ashtabula County CHNA provides a comprehensive overview of the community’s health status, illuminating areas of strength as well as areas in which there could be improvement.
Consistent with Public Health Accreditation Board requirements and IRS regulations, Healthy Ashtabula County will use this report to inform the development and implementation of strategies to address these findings. It is intended that a wide range of stakeholders will also use this report for their own planning efforts.
Subsequent planning documents and reports will be shared with community stakeholders and with the public. For example, see page 92 for a preliminary list of community assets and resources that could possibly be mobilized and leveraged to address the priority health issues identified by this process. This list will be reviewed and (if necessary) revised by Healthy Ashtabula County and its partners after the health department’s Community Health Improvement Plan is formulated. Healthy Ashtabula County will provide updates to this assessment as new data becomes available. Users of the 2025 Ashtabula County CHNA are encouraged to send feedback and comments that can help improve the usefulness of this information when future editions are developed. Questions and comments about the 2025 Ashtabula County CHNA may be directed to:
Jay Becker, MPH, Ashtabula County Health Department, Health Commissioner
440-576-6010 | jbecker@ashtabulacountyhealth.com
Karen Hines, PhD, Illuminology
614-447-3176 | karen@illuminology.net
Elyse Mulligan, MPH, University Hospitals, Director, Government and Community Relations
440-465-8620 | elyse.mulligan@uhhospitals.org
Tina Stasiewski, MBA, Ashtabula Regional Medical Center, Vice President, Business Development
440-997-6258 | Tina.Stasiewski@armchealth.org