Assessments
Assessments are an essential part of the model created by Buffalo County Community Partners. Our funding requires our programs be evidence-based, meaning they are dependent on measurable results and outcomes to determine their effectiveness. The community uses these assessments to determine areas of priority for community prevention.
2023 Assessments: Student Health and Risk Prevention Surveillance System (SHARP)
Buffalo County Community Partners board of directors processes the survey results and creates shareable documents with pieces of information most relevant. Find downloads to simplified data sheets as well as the full reports below.
Youth Perception on Substance Use 23
Developmental Asset Report Data Sheet 23
Data Briefs
What happens with community data gained? Groups of community partners collaborate to identify issues, collect and evaluate data and facilitate community conversations to find innovative solutions. Click on each link below to learn about community prevention groups working in the community.
Two Rivers Health Assessment
Two Rivers Public Health Department partnered with CHI Health Good Samaritan and Bryan Health Kearney Regional Medical Center (KRMC) to complete a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and a Community Health Improvement Process (CHIP) in May of 2024. This partnership expanded to include Kearney County Health Systems, Gothenburg Memorial Health, Harlan County Health System, Buffalo County Community Partners, and Kearney YMCA.
https://www.trphd.ne.gov/public-health-data/community-health-assessment.html
Older Assessments
2021 SHARP
2021 SHARP Results
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Brief Data Sheet (Created for Ravenna Public Schools)
Mental Health Data Sheets From 2021 YRBS Survey
Substance Abuse Data Sheets From 2021 YRBS Survey
Nutrition Data Sheets From 2021 YRBS Survey
Physical Health Data Sheets From 2021 Survey
2021 Buffalo County Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Full Report
2021 Buffalo County Nebraska Risk and Protective Factor Student Survey (NRPFSS) Full Report
2018/2019 Buffalo County Adult Survey
2018/2019 Adult Status Questionnaires
During the Spring of 2018, 996 Buffalo County residents participated in the online Mental Health Adult Status Questionnaire (ASQ), and during the Spring of 2019, 798 Buffalo County residents participated in the online Physical Health ASQ. Both surveys were administered by Political Science professors at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Both surveys were modeled after the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Buffalo County Community Partners commissions the surveys every two years to provide the community with important data in which to make decisions, secure needed resources, and evaluate community based outcomes of the Buffalo County 2020 Vision.
2017 and older
Community Partners has been collecting community data since 2014. Please email, admin@bcchp.org, to request access to these reports.