These community dialogues were organized after CARE finished conducting its 2009 health survey in order to share the survey results, with a focus on the information particularly relevant to each neighborhood.
This short report describes the process and plan for a needs assessment for a physical activity program in the Community Renewal Teams Early Childcare Education Programs.
These reports were created in the Spring of 2010 by student teams as part of a class, Community Health Program Planning, at the Yale School of Public Health.
A survey was conducted to assess the strengths of neighborhoods in order to develop "Action Plans." This Powerpoint focuses on the results related to the Dwight, Edgewood, West River, and Beaver Hills neighborhoods, including demographics, neighborhood perceptions, and local infrastructure.
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NewHaven Survey PowerPoint Dwight.pdf
CARE's Neighborhood and School Survey, part of their Community Interventions for Health initiatives, gathered data about chronic disease and associated risk factors. This article analyzes the methods used in the survey.
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NewHaven DonaghueArticle CARE 2010.pdf
This presentation, by Brian Smedley of the Health Policy Institute at The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, addresses the role of race in health care equity.
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Health StrongerCommunities HPI 2010.pdf
A survey was conducted to assess the strengths of neighborhoods in order to develop "Action Plans." This Powerpoint was presented at the neighborhood workshop run by the Downtown-Wooster Square Community Management Team and address survey results related to the neighborhod, including demographics, neighborhood, and community perceptions.
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NewHaven Survey PowerPoint DWSCMT.pdf
This presentation brings together data on student performance, progress, and engagement, including test scores and college success.
This manual provides technical guidance on the building, rebuilding, repair, and rehabilitation of city streets, guided by a set of principles for an evolving understanding of the importance of streets to the social and economic fabric of a community. Additionally, this manual is intended to provide the city of New Haven the tools and information needed to engage in constructive converstaions about solving local traffic problems with City staff.
In response to the closing of Shaw's Supermarket, CARE carried out a project to map New Haven neighborhoods and take inventory of places to buy food. The results showed that there is a lack of grocery stores and supermarkets in New Haven, making it difficult for people to find healthy food.
For the first time, a new, interactive map [no longer active] from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gives policy-makers and advocates a nationwide picture of continuing state efforts on key tobacco control policies. The interactive map is a wealth of information on policies related to tobacco control, cigarette taxes and prevention spending, and also features key data points about mortality, consumer behavior and public health.