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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]