The Center for Health Equality is proud to make a major announcement about its research resources: The Social and Health Landscape of Urban and Suburban America is now online at the CHE website.
A wide spectrum of reports and related data collected from 1990 to 2000, The Social and Health Landscape of Urban and Suburban America profiles the health of the nation’s 100 largest cities and their suburbs. Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the project draws from US Census Bureau data and other federal data sources, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to provide trends on the health and economic status of urban and suburban America. American Hospital Association data were also analyzed for the most recent report. The studies examine the relationship of key population, socioeconomic and quality of life factors with disease and health outcomes in urban and suburban communities. In addition to published reports, specific city and suburban data and rankings on reported measures are available on this new website.
CHE Director Dennis Andrulis, PhD, MPH, first began work on this large-scale project while a research professor at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. After Dr. Andrulis arrived at Drexel in 2005 and inaugurated CHE, the administration of SUNY/DMC graciously granted permission for Dr. Andrulis’ findings to be published and used on Drexel University’s online server.
We are happy to make these vast resources available to the public. Please visit the site often and send us your feedback. Special thanks go to CHE intern Andrew Diamond, without whose many hours of dedicated work, this project would not have been completed.