Community Service Plan
Jamaica Hospital is dedicated to connecting with the diverse community it serves. To better educate the community about staying healthy and inform them of the services offered, Jamaica Hospital operates a Community Advisory Board, (CAB).
To identify and confirm existing and new priorities for this 2025-2027 CHNA, JHMC presents data primarily from various primary and secondary data sources, including a 2025 community health survey for service area residents and publicly available data through the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH), described in more detail in the Introduction section. Chronic diseases, obesity, tobacco use, behavioral health concerns, maternal morbidity, late or no prenatal care, and colorectal cancer are among the health issues highlighted in the community-level data analyses that JHMC conducted for this 2025-2027 CHNA.
These health concerns were also identified by residents of the Hospital’s service area who responded to a health needs assessment survey sponsored by a coalition of hospitals during the spring of 2025. Social determinants of health (SDH), such as low educational attainment, unstable housing, poor physical conditions of neighborhoods, and low engagement in primary or preventative care, and mental or behavioral health care, all contribute to the high incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases as well as poor health outcomes in some service area neighborhoods.
Other neighborhoods perform better than NYC as a whole. The data analyses presented in this document provide a high-level snapshot of the health status of residents in JHMC’s primary service area, while illustrating the diversity of population-level health behaviors and outcomes across different Community Districts in the area. By highlighting these patterns on a neighborhood level, these data provide insight into the services and resources most needed by residents.
