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January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Google Street View allows researchers to conduct "virtual" audits of a neighborhood's characteristics. This study compared observations made from Google Street View images with data from a previous field audit of New York City blocks.
January 26, 2010 | Story
Zhu learned that walking to school is a complicated matter. But she quickly discovered that choosing to walk to school "is such a complex problem that it cannot be simplified into a single index.
November 5, 2012 | Program Result
A Progress Report: Combating childhood obesity through local and state policy change.
July 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Environmental factors greatly affect human health. Accordingly, environmental metrics are a key part of the community health information base.
June 1, 2010 | Commentary
Now that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has become law, the question is whether the country is ready to implement its provisions, especially regarding quality. Commentary from Risa Lavizzo-Mourey.
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
It is estimated that by 2030, 51 percent of adults and 30 percent of youth will be obese and costs associated with these conditions will reach about $900 billion per year 16-18 percent of U.S. health care expenditures. The author explains why efforts to promote environmental sustainability and efforts to combat obesity should be convergent.
November 22, 2009 | Story
New book maps out solutions to the longstanding public health problems plaguing urban centers.
July 1, 2012 | Journal Article
An ideal population health outcome metric should reflect a population's dynamic state of physical, mental and social well-being. On the basis of a review of outcomes metrics currently in use and the availability of data for at least some U.S. counties, this study makes recommendations for population health outcomes.
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: The goal of this project is to promote broad-based community health improvement in underserved rural communities in Wisconsin through a low-cost health communication intervention.
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Poor health status, rapidly escalating health care costs and seemingly little association between investments in health care and health outcomes have prompted a call for a “pay-for-performance” system to improve population health. The authors of this study suggest that both health plans and clinical service providers measure and report the rates of five behaviors.