The Affordable Care Act’s requirement for not-for-profit hos…

The Affordable Care Act’s requirement for not-for-profit hospitals to conduct a community health needs assessment every three years resulted in the development, in 2013, of a set of seven principles for conducting the assessments. One such hospital’s community health coordinator sought to obtain assessment data from: (a) federal databases such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); (b) the state health department for information on available data sources; (c) local and regional health agencies and private nonprofits (e.g., local food pantries); (d) local businesses (such as food retailers); (e) work with partners to implement local community surveys and focus groups. The community health coordinator’s actions most closely illustrate the application of which community health assessment principle?