2025 Children's of Alabmama Community Health Needs Assessment

METHODOLOGY

The analysis is based on a community survey, focus group data, and local, state, and national quantitative data.

COMMUNITY SURVEY

Children’s and PARCA conducted surveys of Alabamians to understand their views on the health, health access, and health safety issues facing children. The 2025 survey differs in its questions, distribution, and respondents. In previous years, healthcare professionals and educators were surveyed. The survey was shared with potential respondents through their professional associations, such as the Alabama School Nurses Association or the Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Those respondents were asked a series of questions concerning issues for different age groups. In contrast, the 2025 survey targets a general audience and asks respondents about issues facing issues of children of all ages. The survey was was shared at Children’s at community events, health fairs, and via external communications. The survey was also promoted to PARCA’s random sample survey panel. Respondents were asked to rank from most important to least important or serious, a range of issues concerning health, access, and safety. The options are listed in Table 1.

Table 1. Survey Response Options

Health Issues

Access Issues

Safety Issues

Accidental injury/trauma Child abuse Childhood hunger Childhood obesity Healthcare access Infectious diseases Mental/behavioral health Other

Ability to pay for care Availability of quality health care services Lack of reliable and affordable transportation Parent education Scheduling difficulty Other

Accidental poison ingestion/ exposure Alcohol/drug /tobacco use by children Behavior related to bicycles, motorcycles, or ATVs Car safety Childcare access, quality, or affordability Firearm injury Parent Education Screen time/social media Sleep Sport-related injury/safety Substance abuse of caregivers Suicide Teen driving Water safety/drowning Other

Children’s of Alabama, 2025 CHNA

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