Health Resource Capacity Assessment for Danielson, Connecticut, June 2003

Methodology

This study was conducted between January and June of 2003.

Interviews were conducted with twenty-one key stakeholders in Danielson's health including business leaders, educators, health care providers, administrators, public officials, public health and social service contacts. Interviews were conducted in-person, by phone, by conference call and by email.

Three focus groups were held:

• April 30th with 17 participants from the Danielson Rotary Club
• May 7th with 23 participants from the Danielson Main Street Merchants Association
• May 29th with 8 participants at the Quinnebaug Valley Senior Center

A telephone survey of Danielson childcare providers was conducted. Fourteen of the 16 licensed providers including all three licensed centers were contacted successfully.

Data for disease incidence and planning initiatives were gathered from various local, state and national sources, as noted. When possible Danielson data was used. In other cases, data for the entire town of Killingly was used.

It is important to note that Danielson is a small community. Consequently, numbers are very small, especially when measuring infrequent health events. Wide variations in rates and what appear to be very high or very low rates may be an artifact. Whenever possible, we have used data with larger sample sizes, such as averaging over several years or choosing related indicators with higher frequency.

The final draft was shared with four stakeholders from health care institutions serving Danielson. The report was revised in response to their comments.

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