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Community Benefits & Health Needs

Advancing community health — together

Our Commitment to a Healthier Community

At Exeter Hospital, we're committed to improving the health and well-being of the communities we serve. Through our Community Benefits work, we partner with residents and local organizations to address community health needs and priorities identified through the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA).

Communities We Serve

Exeter Hospital's Community Benefits Service Area (CBSA) includes the following towns in New Hampshire:

  • Brentwood
  • Danville
  • Deerfield
  • Derry
  • East Kingston
  • Epping
  • Exeter
  • Fremont
  • Greenland
  • Hampstead
  • Hampton
  • Hampton Falls
  • Kensington
  • Kingston
  • Londonderry
  • New Castle
  • Newfields
  • Newington
  • Newmarket
  • Newton
  • North Hampton
  • Nottingham
  • Plaistow
  • Portsmouth
  • Raymond
  • Rye
  • Salem
  • Sandown
  • Seabrook
  • South Hampton
  • Stratham

Guided by the Community Benefits Advisory Committee (CBAC), Exeter Hospital focuses on addressing the most pressing health needs in our communities. Learn more about our Community Health Needs Assessment and the actions planned to improve community health over the next three years.

Our Community Benefits Guiding Principles

Exeter Hospital's Community Benefits efforts are guided by the following principles, which shape how we collaborate, invest resources, and measure impact across our programs and partnerships:

  • Accountability: Hold each other to efficient, effective and accurate processes to achieve our system, department and communities' collective goals.
  • Community Engagement: Collaborate meaningfully, intentionally and respectfully with our community partners, and support processes initiated, driven and led by the community, especially with populations experiencing the greatest inequities.
  • Equity: Apply an equity lens to achieve fair and just treatment so that all communities and people can achieve their full health and overall potential.
  • Impact: Employ evidence-based and evidence-informed strategies that align with system and community priorities to drive measurable change in health outcomes.

Annual Community Benefits Reports

Each year, Exeter Hospital publishes a Community Benefits Report to highlight our programs, partnerships and progress toward improving community health:

Contact Us

Exeter Hospital is an active partner in the communities we serve.

For questions on our community benefits programs or community relations activities, please email Robert Torres.

Community Health Needs Assessment Details

Explore the findings of Exeter Hospital's Community Health Needs Assessment, including priority health areas, populations served, available resources, and implementation plans.

Priority Areas

Health priorities and equities chart

Our health equity priority areas include: equitable access to care, social determinants of health, mental health and substance use, and complex and chronic conditions.

Priority Cohorts

As part of the Community Health Needs Assessment, we focus on groups that may face greater barriers to good health:

  • Youth
  • Individuals living with disabilities
  • Older adults
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Low-resource populations
Resources Guide

The Community Resource Guide was developed to highlight health and social service resources available to the community. As a disclaimer, the listings within this guide are informational and not meant to be taken as recommendations or endorsements.

CHNA Reports & Implementation Strategies

These reports share the most recent health needs identified through the Community Health Needs Assessment and outline the actions planned over a three-year period to address them.

Contact Us

Exeter Hospital welcomes comments on its most recent Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Strategy.

Please submit comments by email or mail them to:

Robert Torres
Exeter Hospital
4 Alumni Drive
Exeter, NH 03833

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