South Bexar County Community Health Needs Assessment 2023

University Health partnered with Community Information Now (CINow), a nonprofit local data intermediary based in San Antonio, Texas, to conduct
a community health needs and assets assessment for the southern portion of Bexar County. Called “South Bexar County” or just “South Bexar” in the report, the
area of interest lies south of the I-10/Highway 90 line.

University Health’s Institute for Public Health (IPH) and CINow worked together closely to compile and analyze data to help University Health and Bexar County stakeholders better understand the drivers of health, health conditions, health-related challenges and assets, and health priorities across South Bexar County. The assessment includes three different kinds of information:

• trended and disaggregated data for about 120 indicators drawn by CINow from over 20 data sources;
• information gathered by the University Health IPH on a wide array of area assets (e.g., health facilities, libraries, schools and churches) that can support health and well-being; and
• key themes and illustrative quotes emerging from CINow’s thematic analysis of transcripts of five focus groups organized by University Health IPH and facilitated by CINow.

The report’s data narrative is organized in three sections:

1. People and Living Arrangements, summarizing basic demographic and household information
2. Social and Economic Drivers of Health, tying back to Healthy People 2030 social determinant domains; and
3. Health Conditions, presenting indicators for key topics such as child health and chronic disease.