Health Disparity Reports
Quarterly Focus: COVID-19 and Health Equity
Capital Region Public Health Newsletter #17, April 2020 This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
COVID-19 Related Resources for CBOs, Public Health Organizations and Consumers
Regional and National COVID-19 Data Resources
Check out Health Equity Initiative's compiled list of resources for vulnerable and marginalized communities from COVID-19.
Quarterly Focus: Place-based Public Health
Capital Region Public Health Newsletter #15, September 2019 This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
The Capital Region Neighborhood Analysis Health Equity Report examines the relationship between socioeconomic and health indicators by looking at the variation among the Capital Region’s 58 neighborhoods.
Robert Wood Johnson's "How Do Neighborhood Conditions Shape Health?" An excerpt from Making the Case for Linking Community Development and Health
Live Well San Diego is a model for a region that is "Building Better Health, Living Safely and Thriving" by aligning the efforts of individuals, organizations, and government to help all county residents live well.
Quarterly Focus: Consumer Engagement
This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
HCDI's launched a short survey to gather feedback from the community on the Community Health Needs Assessment. See the results here.
Check out our Consumer Engagement library for tools, article links, and strategies to help determine what healthcare consumers want and need.
The New York State Department of Health has updated their DSRIP – Value Based Payment Reform (VBP) page with VBP Bootcamps, the VBP Roadmap, and more.
Quarterly Focus: Prevention Priorities
Capital Region Public Health Newsletter #13
This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
Click here for HCDI's Public Health Issue Prioritization Methodology Review Presentation
Follow these links for county-specific data: Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady.
The New York State Department of Health has released a final draft of the Prevention Agenda for 2019-2024. Click here to learn the plan to make New York the healthiest state in the Nation.
Quarterly Focus: Index of Disparity
Index of Disparity
Regional Report on the Index of Disparity
Regional Report on the Index of Disparity
This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
The Minnesota Department of Health has 90+ resources for addressing health equity and increasing community engagement.
Community Places, a Scottish organization, provides guidance for planners on 15 consumer engagement methods and when each is most appropriate.
Quarterly Focus: Premature Mortality
This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
Health Services Research Information Central through the U.S. National Library of Medicine is a national resource that provides up-to-date health disparity-related news, data, grant opportunities, conferences, publications, and more.
The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality health disparity resource page provides information related to best practices, specific vulnerable populations, data collection and analysis, and much more.
Quarterly Focus: Mental Disease and Disorders
This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
The Suicide Prevention Center of New York develops and implements suicide prevention, intervention, and recovery programs with best practice training models at little or no cost.
National Resource
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center provides information on their Effective Suicide Prevention Model to help individuals carry out effective suicide prevention efforts.
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center provides information on their Effective Suicide Prevention Model to help individuals carry out effective suicide prevention efforts.
Quarterly Focus: Heart Disease & Stroke
This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
The American Heart Association has teamed up with Capital Cardiology Associates to encourage Capital Region residents to make one heart healthy change this month.
This guide is a resource for state and local health departments, public health professionals, and other stakeholders interested in using proven strategies to improve cardiovascular health.
Quarterly Focus: Maternal and Infant Health
This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
A comprehensive breastfeeding and prenatal resource guide from the Commission Economic Opportunity (CEO).
Maternal and infant health data by state or region, from the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center.
Quarterly Focus: Obesity and Physical Activity
Regional indicator report on obesity and physical activity.
This newsletter includes regional updates, events, and reports.
Use this resource to find physical activity opportunities in your county.
Annual report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Quarterly Focus: Social Determinants of Health
This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
ALICE represents the growing number of families who are working but are unable to afford the basic necessities of housing, food, childcare, healthcare, and transportation.
The Care Coordination Task Force is comprised of professionals working in senior services, health insurance companies, mental health, primary care, child and family services, hospital systems, and educational institutions.
Quarterly Focus: Asthma
Regional report on asthma.
This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
The Healthy Neighborhoods Program targets high-risk areas and provides in-home assessments and interventions for environmental asthma triggers.
Here is a comprehensive list of the workgroups participating in asthma-related activities in the Capital Region counties.
Quarterly Focus: Substance Abuse
This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
This report highlights alcohol, illicit drugs, and prescription drug misuse.
Here is a comprehensive list of the task forces participating in substance abuse prevention and mental health improvement activities.
Quarterly Focus: Diabetes
Regional report on diabetes.
This newsletter contains regional updates, events, and reports.
Visit the American Diabetes Association's website to find out how you can share your story and raise awareness for the problem affecting 29 million Americans.
This is a comprehensive guide featuring self-management programs in the Albany and Rensselaer counties, tips for managing and living with diabetes, and more.