Health Assessment Resource Center is set to release three-year new health status assessment February 13 in Palm Desert

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In its continuing effort to provide accurate and unbiased information on the health of the residents of Eastern Riverside County, including the Coachella Valley, Health Assessment Resource Center (HARC) in Palm Desert will present the results of its third triennial study on Feb. 13.

Anyone who works in the health-related industries, business owners and the community at large are encouraged to attend.

Details:

What:              Data release HARC 2014 Community Health Monitor Report

When:              8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014

Where:             Indian Wells Theatre, University of California, Riverside, Palm                                     Desert Campus, 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Palm Desert.

Cost:                         Free, includes a copy of the report and continental breakfast

For this report, more than 1,950 adults and children were surveyed between January and April of 2013 to provide measuring points to determine changes that have occurred since the 2010 study to provide reliable, objective and valid data for health-related government and nonprofit agencies and organizations, professionals and businesses of the area.

The 2014 study focused on issues such as access to healthcare, behavior risk factors and demographics, identifying gaps in health status and services.

The baseline for this information was established in the 2007 study and was updated three years later in the survey released in 2010.

Past studies have been an important resource for organizations such as the Boys and Girls Clubs of Coachella Valley, Prevent Child Abuse of Riverside County, Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation, Desert Healthcare District, Coachella Valley school districts and Jewish Family Service of the Desert in establishing viable health-related programs for their clients.

For more information on the Community Health Monitor Report, please contact Eileen Packer, HARC Chief Executive Officer, at (760) 404-1945 or epacker@harcdata.org.