County health departments and various public and private agencies are about to embark on conducting a regional community health assessment.  The assessment will involve Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Klickitat, and Skamania counties, and is required by public health districts, coordinated care organizations, and hospitals.  Hood River County Health Department director Ellen Larsen says they are trying to structure this assessment where all interested parties are on the same page.  Larsen noted collaboration in this area has brought over two million dollars of grant funds into the region.  Larsen said they will start the survey this summer as they try to take advantage of public events to do outreach, with results back by late fall.