PLACES Data

Activities Publications Webinars

The PLACES data provides 27 indicators of adult health status, unhealthy behaviors, and prevention available for all counties, places (incorporated and census designated places), census tracts, and ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) across the United States.  It is an extension of the original 500 Cities Project that provided data for just 500 largest US cities.

Related Activities:
Five NNIP partners participate in new CDC Foundation project on equitable use of data
March 1, 2022
Community Information Now (CI:Now)   (San Antonio)
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)
University Center for Social and Urban Research   (Pittsburgh)
Neighborhood Nexus   (Atlanta)
DataWorks NC   (Durham)


The CDC Foundation has awarded five NNIP partners a $125,000 grant to participate in a multi-city initiative to promote equitable data use for healthy communities.  Grantees include Neighborhood... [read more]

Guide to Data Chats: Supplemental Materials
June 2, 2021
Data You Can Use   (Milwaukee)


These materials supplement the text in the Guide to Data Chats: Community Conversations About Data (forthcoming). Data Chat Neighborhood Health and Coronavirus: Amani (slide deck) Data... [read more]

The Inequalities Behind COVID-19 Disparities for African Americans in Indianapolis
May 15, 2020
The Polis Center   (Indianapolis)


The Polis Center published a story outlining the inequities that black Indy residents face, capitulating in increased positivity rates of COVID-19. In Indianapolis, the COVID-19 positivity rate... [read more]

Four Georgia Cities Tackle Upstream Factors Impacting Health with 500 Cities Data
May 1, 2019
Neighborhood Nexus   (Atlanta)


As part of the 500 Cities Data Challenge, Neighborhood Nexus’s Georgia Healthy Cities project from June 2018 to May 2019 created Health and Wellness Toolkits to help break the health services... [read more]

Neighborhood Nexus Wins the RWJ 500 Cities Data Challenge
May 22, 2018
Neighborhood Nexus   (Atlanta)


Neighborhood Nexus, the NNIP Partner in Atlanta, is one of ten winners of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s 500 Cities Challenge. Neighborhood Nexus is a project of the Atlanta Regional... [read more]

500 Cities Conference, Webinar, and Materials
June 13, 2017
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)


To launch the 500 Cities Project data release, on December 6 and 7, 2016, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) funded and organized an evening reception and day-long conference in Dallas, Texas... [read more]

New Guides Help Practitioners Use Data to Advance Health and Opportunity
June 6, 2017 to August 11, 2017
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)


Urban Institute recently released two new guidance documents to to build the capacity of communities to use data to address health and improve fair housing and access to opportunity. Both guides draw... [read more]

Hosting a Local Workshop around New Data for Better Neighborhood Health in Milwaukee
March 31, 2017
Data You Can Use   (Milwaukee)


In March 2017, the Milwaukee-based organization Data You Can Use held a convening focused on utilizing local health data with two dozen community organizers, residents, city health department staff,... [read more]

Related Publications:
Data You Can Use
Milwaukee
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Guide to Data Chats: Convening Community Conversations about Data
June 8, 2022
Report - By: Mychal Cohen, Amy Rohan, Kathleen Pritchard, And Kathryn L.S. Pettit
PDF icon PDF
The Polis Center
Indianapolis
Marion County Neighborhood Health Profiles
December 1, 2021
Website - By: The Polis Center
Link
DataHaven
New Haven
Connecticut Town Equity Reports
September 13, 2021
Report - By: Camille Seaberry, Kelly Davila, Mark Abraham
DataHaven Connecticut Town Equity Reports
Data You Can Use
Milwaukee
Data Chat Slides: Neighborhood Health and Coronavirus in Amani
2021
Presentation - By: Data You Can Use
PDF icon PDF
Urban Health Collaborative
Philadelphia
COVID-19 Urban Vulnerability Data Dashboard
December 3, 2020
Presentation - By: Amy Carroll-Scott, Danny Galpern
File NNIP showcase_120320_COVID19 Dashboard.pptx
COVID-19 Vulnerability Indicators
Urban Health Collaborative
Philadelphia
Philadelphia's COVID-19 Vulnerability Indicators Dashboard
2020
Digital Feature - By: Amy Carroll-Scott, Félice Lê-Scherban
COVID-19 Vulnerability Indicators Dashboard
Data You Can Use
Milwaukee
Data Digest: Health Conditions in the Amani Neighborhood
March 2020
Report - By: Data You Can Use
PDF icon PDF
Urban Health Collaborative
Philadelphia
Health and Health-Related Resources in Newly Designated Federally Qualified Opportunity Zones
January 30, 2020
Journal Article - By: Jana Hirsch
Link, Interactive App
DataHaven
New Haven
Greater Waterbury Community Wellbeing Profile
September 9, 2018
Report - By: DataHaven, Greater Waterbury Health Partnership
PDF, Link to report page
The Polis Center
Indianapolis
SAVI Online Magazine: 2017 Health Edition
July 2017
Report - By: Theo Anderson, Sharon Kandris, Karen Comer, Allegra East, Matt Nowlin
SAVI Online Magazine
The Polis Center
Indianapolis
Unequal Access: Tobacco Retail in the Indianapolis Metro Area
June 2017
Report - By: Karen Frederickson Comer, Kelly Davila, Deb Hollon, Matt Nowlin
Link to Report
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
New data can help communities address their health challenges
June 13, 2017
Blog post - By: Corianne Scally
Link
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Data You Can Use
Milwaukee
Slides for How to Engage Your Community with Health Data: Hosting a 500 Cities Event (Webinar)
June 13, 2017
Presentation - By: Corianne Scally, Kathryn L.S. Pettit, Katie Pritchard
PDF icon PDF
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
How to Engage Your Community with Health Data: Hosting a 500 Cities Event
May 2017
Report - By: Corianne Scally, Kathryn L.S. Pettit
Link
DataHaven
New Haven
Merging Local Health & Wellbeing Data
May 18, 2017
Presentation - By: Camille Seaberry
File PowerPoint Presentation
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Seattle
The Data Center
New Orleans
DataHaven
New Haven
Neighborhood Nexus
Atlanta
Session Notes: Ignite Showcase, Part 2 (May 2017)
May 18, 2017
Meeting Materials - By: Olivia Arena, Louise Carter, Bernardo Espinosa, Camille Seaberry, Bernita Smith
File NNIP Baltimore 2017_Ignite Part 2.docx
Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Health Data Matters Stories
May 11, 2017
Blog post - By: Health Data Matters
Link
Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy
Grand Rapids
The Community Research Institute (CRI) at Grand Valley State University work with 500 Cities Data
2017
Announcement - By: Stephen Borders
Link to maps of obesity and diabetes
DataHaven
New Haven
A Citywide Health Check-up, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
March 2, 2017
Blog post - By: Camille Seaberry
Link
DataHaven
New Haven
Merging 500 Cities and Connecticut Data on Health Equity
February 2, 2017
Report - By: Camille Seaberry, Mark Abraham
Link
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
How hyper-local data make big impacts on public health: New data resources available for workers
February 1, 2017
Blog post - By: Lindsey Wahowiak
Link
Related Webinars:
How to Engage Your Community with Health Data: Hosting a 500 Cities Event


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