October 2018 Newsletter

October 2018 Newsletter

Do Our Zip Codes Need to Determine Our Health?

Perhaps the greatest predictor of our health is where we live. Learn five ways to use data on maps to improve health outcomes and decrease costs.

Severe Storms Disproportionately Affect Vulnerable Populations

See where Hurricane Michael and other natural disasters are inflicting damage on struggling communities.

How Opportunity Zones Can Expand Access to Fresh Food

Opportunity Zones can help grocery stores move into underserved communities.

Higher Opioid Prescription Rates Don’t Mean More Drug Overdoses

The story of opioid addiction is not simple. The various types of opioids and their availability tell vastly different stories of the opioid epidemic across the US.

How Community Hospital Corporation Combines Data To Improve Community Health

How Public Health and Sociology Professors Teach Maps and Data

The Federal Depository Library Conference: “Using PolicyMap To Access Federal Data” presentation by John Stevenson, University of Delaware

PolicyMap at the 2018 Charleston Conference

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