VANGHR’s HPTA Analysis Tool highlights areas of need

VANGHR’s High Priority Target Area (HPTA) Analysis Tool is an effective modality for  identifying areas for interventions and policy change. The HPTA Analysis Tool helps visualize the interaction between two indicators and highlights areas of highest priority. See the HPTA Analysis Tool in action in the Virginia Health Chart Book or to learn more, visit […]

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Virginia Health Chart Book Instructional Video

This is the instructional video for the Virginia Health Chart Book. The Virginia Health Chart Book can be found at www.vahealthchartbook.org and more information about the Virginia Health Chart book can be found here.

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VANGHR’s work continues to highlight health disparities

Over the past two months, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has release two additional community health equity reports (CHERs) for Cook County, Illinois and Bernalillo County, New Mexico. These two reports included mapping and analysis performed by VANGHR. To examine access to health food in Cook County, VANGHR analyzed the distribution of […]

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VANGHR maps and analysis help to highlight health disparities

In the first half of 2012, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies released Community Health Equity Reports (CHER) for two of their PLACE MATTERS communities – San Joaquin Valley, California and New Orleans, Louisiana. Both reports include geospatial analysis and thematic mapping performed by VANGHR. The VANGHR team used advanced geospatial analytic techniques […]

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Release of Virginia Health Chart Book

The Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research (VANGHR) announced the release of the Virginia Health Chart Book (www.vahealthchartbook.org). This online tool was funded through a generous grant from the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority. The Chart Book offers an interactive, geospatially-dynamic web-based application assisting stakeholders in identifying the healthcare, economic and social conditions underlying local […]

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Release of Underserved Area application

At the Virginia Rural Health Conference in Staunton, the Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research (VANGHR) announced the release of the Virginia Underserved Area Application (UAA, www.va-underservedareas.org). The UAA provides a tool to determine if an address or location is in a Medically Underserved Area (MUA) or a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). It also […]

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Presentation at APHA

The Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research (VANGHR) delivered a presentation titled “The Virginia Rural Health Data Portal” at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. The data portal presentation was conducted in cooperation with the Virginia Rural Health Resource Center, and demonstrated geospatial and statistical base components and phase II enhancements. […]

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Presentation at ESRI Health

The Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research (VANGHR) delivered a presentation titled “The Virginia Rural Health Data Portal: Phase II” at the ESRI Health Conference in Washington, DC. ESRI Health is the largest meeting of GIS health application users in the world. The data portal presentation was conducted in cooperation with the Virginia Rural Health […]

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VANGHR attends congressional briefing on “Place Matters for Health” in Washington, DC

The Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research (VANGHR) attended a congressional briefing on “Place Matters for Health” at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC. The briefing a) explored how communities shape health outcomes, b) shared research findings from work in several communities, and c) examined how policy strategies and community-oriented solutions can lead […]

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VANGHR announces receipt of Eastern Virginia Medical School grant

The Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research (VANGHR) announced that it was awarded a grant with Eastern Virginia Medical School (www.evms.edu) to conduct predictive modeling of health outcomes and social determinants of health in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. Models will be developed that identify where changes in health outcomes will have influence on […]

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