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Variations in the Health Conditions of 6 Chicago Community Areas: A Case for Local-Level Data

Author(s) -

Ami M. Shah,

Steven Whitman,

Abigail Silva

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.052076

Subject(s) - public health , health equity , ethnic group , environmental health , community health , psychological intervention , gerontology , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , american community survey , survey data collection , population health , medicine , population , geography , demography , sociology , census , nursing , psychiatry , statistics , mathematics , anthropology

Although local-level chronic disease and risk factor data are not typically available, they are valuable for guiding public health interventions and policies. To present a case for disaggregated community-level health data, we conducted a study exploring the relevance of such data to research on health disparities.

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