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  • Closing Shaw's is Bad for Our Health

    In response to the closing of Shaw's Supermarket, CARE carried out a project to map New Haven neighborhoods and take inventory of places to buy food. The results showed that there is a lack of grocery stores and supermarkets in New Haven, making it difficult for people to find healthy food.

    Mar. 31, 2010

    Health

  • New RWJF Interactive Tobacco Map Highlights Local Policy Concerns

    For the first time, a new, interactive map [no longer active] from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gives policy-makers and advocates a nationwide picture of continuing state efforts on key tobacco control policies. The interactive map is a wealth of information on policies related to tobacco control, cigarette taxes and prevention spending, and also features key data points about mortality, consumer behavior and public health.

    Mar. 11, 2010

    Health

  • New USDA Atlas Compares Food Environments of U.S. Counties

    Your Food Environment Atlas is an online mapping tool that assembles statistics on food environment indicators and provides a spatial overview of a community's ability to access healthy food and its success in doing so. The atlas was developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, with support from federal agencies, academia, and the private sector.

    Feb. 26, 2010

    Health

  • Step-by-step Guide to Facilitating A Community Health Equity Dialogue

    The Connecticut Association of Directors of Health ran a workshop on "Community Engagement through Facilitated Dialogue." This guide, used by the CADH's teams, was the basis for the workshop.

    Feb. 4, 2010

    Health

  • Breaking Through on the Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities: an approach to message translation

    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation addressed the importance of tailoring a message to the intended audience and created this report to outline various factors to consider in targeted messaging.

    Dec. 31, 2009

    Health

  • Documenting the Health of Our Neighborhoods: Dixwell

    This report presents the result of CARE's 2009 survey of the Dixwell neighborhood. The survey looked at the areas of general health, exercise, and smoking.

    Dec. 31, 2009

    Health

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