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Category Archives: Community Needs Assessment
Updated: County Level Estimates of Highly Stressed Health Care Systems
Our online mapping tool has been updated with new data showing counties that are at high risk of experiencing patient volumes that exceed their hospital capacity over the next 6 weeks. The maps show at risk counties for three different levels … Continue reading
County Level Estimates of When Hospital Capacity will be Overwhelmed
We have been working as part of a multi-institution team to make county level estimates for the U.S. of the time until health systems are overwhelmed with patients. The analyses use a 28 day look forward window from 3/24/2020 and … Continue reading
Estimated ICU Beds Available to Respond to Patient Surges
In collaboration with Charles Branas in the Department of Epidemiology and colleagues from Patient Insight, the Mount Sinai Health System and MIT, we have been working to estimate the number of hospital critical care beds, including ICU beds and other … Continue reading
At Risk Populations for Severe COVID-19, part III
We have continued our partnership with PolicyMap.Com and they created us an interactive mapping widget that shows the data on populations at risk of severe COVID-19. The at risk populations we mapped are: the number of people 65 years and … Continue reading
At Risk Populations for Severe COVID-19, part II
We have continued to work with Policymap.com‘s excellent data portal tool to map populations at risk of severe COVID-19. Our prior post is here. The map below shows Counties in purple with high numbers of adults 65 years or older … Continue reading
At Risk Populations for Severe COVID-19
Like the vast majority of the world, we have been obsessing over the COVID-19 pandemic. Given that certain populations are at risk for severe COVID-19 disease we have been wondering where the at risk populations are in the U.S. To … Continue reading
When geographic proximity and access to medical services is not enough
Although many health determinants are outside of the health care sector, quality health care is crucial to population health. Recently, we included a look at perceptions of local health care as part of a community needs assessment (https://beh.columbia.edu/community-needs-assessment/) in Rio … Continue reading
CDC Releases New Built Environment Assessment Tool
The CDC released a new direct systematic observation data collection instrument for measuring the core features and quality of the built environment related to behaviors that affect health, especially behaviors such as walking, biking, and other types of physical activity. The … Continue reading
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Evidence Based Investment in Public Spaces
Through the development of numerous initiatives directed at transforming green spaces across the city, the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) has improved the quality of life for New Yorkers. Due to her track record of studying green spaces and streetscapes, … Continue reading
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Rio das Pedras Community Needs Assessment
The global rise of informal settlements have brought unique health challenges into the heart of urban centers. It is estimated that 2 billion people will live in informal urban settlements by 2030. The 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics … Continue reading
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Built Environment and Health Research Group 