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  • DataHaven Celebrates 20 Years of Service to Greater New Haven; Community Wellbeing Survey Seeks to Measure Local Quality of Life

    DataHaven Celebrates 20 Years of Service to Greater New Haven; Community Wellbeing Survey Seeks to Measure Local Quality of Life(New Haven, CT) August 28, 2012: Beginning in September and continuing through October, more than 1,300 adults living throughout Greater New Haven will be interviewed by phone about wellbeing within their community.

    Sep. 4, 2012

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Health, Housing, Public Safety

  • Health Impact Assessment of Phase I of the Downtown Crossing Project: Promoting Pedestrian and Bicyclist Physical Activity and Safety

    The Downtown Crossing Project aims to redevelop the the area around Route 34 East to redevlop the highway into city streets. This report analyzes the health impact of the project by assessing the community need for more walkable and bikeable streets.

    Apr. 30, 2012

    All DataHaven Programs, Health

  • Housing and Planning for a Healthy Public: Land Use, Design, and Development to Promote Health Equity

    This policy brief makes the case for formalizing planning-public health partnerships at the municipal level in Connecticut and identifies potential policy strategies that such partnerships could advance to improve conditions to promote health and health equity.

    Apr. 30, 2012

    Health, Housing

  • 2012 Community Needs Assessment: A Focus Group Report for the Communities of Meriden and Wallingford

    The purpose of the 2012 Community Needs Assessment was to explore the needs of residents living in Meriden and Wallingford to address the needs that were identified and determine the best use of MidState and the United Way's resources. After analyzing the data gathered in the focus groups, a number of issues arose, including those related to: mental health services and health care issues, basic needs, housing, and transportation.

    Mar. 31, 2012

    Health

  • Healthy Hartford: A Community Health Needs Assessment

    The Community Health Needs Assessment (“CHNA”) process for Hartford began in October 2010. In order to complete the community health needs assessment the Consortium contracted with Holleran, a health research consulting firm, to complete a secondary data analysis and to conduct telephone interviews of 59 Key Informants identified by the steering committee of the CHNA group.From these various data sources we are able to present a framework to better understand the importance of social determinants of health, which refer to factors and resources that are essential to the health o

    Mar. 31, 2012

    Health

  • Tactical Urbanism, Vol. 1: Short-term Action, Long-term Change

    This guide introduces the concept of "Tactical Urbanism:" the small-scale approach to improving communities which begins at the scale of streets, blocks, or buildings. Through case studies, the "tacticians" present strategies to make communities more liveable.

    Mar. 1, 2012

    Civic Vitality

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