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Video Series: Improving Community Health through Community Revitalization

Community development encompasses a range of efforts to improve physical, economic, and social conditions in low-income neighborhoods. There is a growing movement within the field to leverage these...

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Environmental Scan: Role of Corporate America in Community Health and Wellness

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Population Health Improvement convenes stakeholders from multiple sectors to explore innovative strategies for improving population health.  The Roundtable...

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New Resources on Building Healthy and Vibrant Communities

We have created a new page that provides a framework and set of resources for building healthy and vibrant communities through integrated strategies for community health and community development....

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Local Area Analysis Removes the “Mask” of County Level Analysis

My colleague, Brian Smedley, from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies spoke in April during a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation webinar on the County Health Rankings.  Dr. Smedley stated:...

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The 3-4-50 Framework for Community Health Improvement

We know from research that health status is influenced by multiple factors including genetics, social circumstances, environmental exposures, health care, and behavioral patterns.  What we might not...

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Geomedicine and Population Health

In October, I attended the Geomedicine Summit at Duke University.  Within Duke Medicine, there is the Duke Center for Health Informatics (DCHI).  Through the medical school’s enterprise IT system, the...

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Explore Social Determinants of Health with the Virginia Health Opportunity Index

Note to Readers: This post provides a brief overview of the Virginia Health Opportunity Index as published by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH).  Click here for a more detailed explanation of...

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Introducing: Health Demographic Analysis

We’re working hard developing new tools for our users and we’re pleased to announce the release of our latest – Health Demographic Analysis! Health Demographic Analysis is a new tool inside the Atlas...

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Introducing: 2011-2013 Trend Analysis

A number of Atlas users have asked about trend analysis for Atlas indicators. We are pleased to announce the inclusion of trend analysis for selected indicators to the Atlas dataset. The 2011-2013...

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Health Demographic Analysis Wins Obesity Data Challenge Award

Source: Improving Population Health, University of Wisconsin, http://www.improvingpopulationhealth.org/blog/what-are-health-factorsdeterminants.html Earlier this year, we recognized that Health...

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