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CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement at Yale University
About CARE
Please see the CARE project webpage at http://care.yale.edu/. The page contains press articles and other information.
CARE is a key partner in the New Haven Health Equity Alliance and the Health Matters! project.
Major Projects
Health Asset Maps of New Haven
In Summer 2009, teams of Youth@Work employees criss-crossed the city, documenting issues like poorly-lit parks and unsafe traffic conditions. Paul Bass of the New Haven Independent has reporting at http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/07/map_quest.php. Please see http://www.ctdatahaven.org/blog/2009/11/health/ for a post about the asset mapping project.
- The complete set of public data from the mapping project will be posted here when available.
- A December 2011 online article in the American Journal of Public Health, describing the asset mapping project, is posted at http://care.yale.edu/resources/104110_20101014%20Santilli-Dec.%202011.pdf
- A documentary about the project was created. It is hosted on this Knowledge Center at this page.
Health Survey of New Haven Residents
Approximately 1,400 adults in the city’s Dixwell, Dwight / West River, Fair Haven, Hill, Newhallville and West Rock neighborhoods were interviewed about their health and the health of their community, including access to health care, diet, exercise, and tobacco use as well as the neighborhood environment.
This information will be combined with data from already completed health maps of the same six neighborhoods and used to develop policy proposals and health programs to curb obesity, smoking, diabetes and other factors that contribute to the onset of chronic disease. New Haven, like other urban centers, disproportionately bears the burden of chronic disease. Such diseases account for 70 percent of all illness and death in the United States and 75 percent of health care costs—yet they are totally preventable.
Some of the data collected from the health survey is posted here, including the summaries of the 6 neighborhoods that participated (see the table of resources on the sidebar to download these). The full set of results will be made available here in the future.
Survey of New Haven Public School 5th and 6th Graders
In partnership with the New Haven Public Schools, CARE helped facilitate a survey of 5th and 6th grade students in 12 randomly selected schools. A summary of the data can be found here: File:NewHaven CARE SchoolDataSummary 2010.pdf
CARE has released a study showing that academic achievement is impacted by health factors. Please see the study here: File:CARE Health & Academic Achievement 2011.pdf
2007 Future Search / Future of Health in New Haven Conference Proceedings
The Future of Health in New Haven May 14-15, 2007 New Haven, Connecticut Consensus Conference Proceedings: File:NewHaven CARE Future Search Summary.pdf
Other Resources
1. Health survey proves to be an eye-opener (New Haven Register, February 2010) http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/02/24/news/new_haven/a3-nehealthwalk.txt
2. Ring Ding? Nah. Gimme A Tofu Pup! Article on Proposed "Healthy Corner Store" Initiative in New Haven (New Haven Independent, September 2010): http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/corner_store_initiative/
3. Event puts spotlight on food issues (NH Register, 6/7/10) http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/06/07/news/new_haven/aa3nefoodfilm_art060710.txt
4. Group to promote healthful foods in several at-risk New Haven neighborhoods (NH Register, 9/27/10) http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/09/27/news/doc4ca015a245ad1409845388.txt
5. A Buzz Cut And A Checkup? (NH Independent, 12/2/09) http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/a_buzz_cut_and_a_checkup
6. CitySeed Eyes Hill Market (NH Independent, 4/1/10) http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/cityseed_to_open_market_in_hill_north/
| Asset | Yale CARE + |
| Coordinates | 41° 18' 16" N, 72° 55' 50" W + |
| Located in | New Haven + |
| Neighborhood | Dixwell +, Dwight +, West River +, Fair Haven +, Hill +, Newhallville +, and West Rock + |
| Organization | CARE + |
| Sector | Health + |
| Title | CARE + |
| Topic | Health Equity Alliance + |
| Town | New Haven + |
