Open AccessAvailability of Data to Measure Disparities in Leading Health Indicators at the State and Local Levels
Author(s) -
Marsha Gold,
Allison Hedley Dodd,
Melissa Neuman
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of public health management and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1550-5022
pISSN - 1078-4659
DOI - 10.1097/01.phh.0000338385.82436.44
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , health equity , aggregate data , set (abstract data type) , environmental health , geography , public health , computer science , medicine , statistics , mathematics , nursing , algorithm , programming language
Healthy People 2010 identifies the elimination of health disparities as a critical national goal. The article analyzes the availability of state and local data to support this work.