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DiversityData.org
Launched
January 24, 2007
The
DiversityData.org website, www.diversitydata.org,
was launched, Wednesday, January 24, 2007, by the Center for the
Advancement of Health (CFAH) and the Harvard School of Public Health
(HSPH).
The
first report describes How Metropolitan Areas Are Failing America's
Children while the related website reveals socioeconmic inequalities
and names best and worst metropolitan areas for children by race/ethnicity.
The
report, "Children
Left Behind: How Metropolitan Areas Are Failing America's Children," and
a Chartbook are
available for download at http://diversitydata.sph.harvard.edu.
The
report is based on data drawn from the DiversityData.org website,
that was developed by HSPH in partnership with CFAH with support
from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Designed
to be used by the public, the media and researchers, DiversityData.org
goes beyond many similar demographic websites by including information
on health factors such as disability rates, health insurance, births
to teenager mothers, births to unmarried mothers, prenatal care,
smoking during pregnancy, preterm births, and low birthweight rates.
Additionally,
the website has interactive features allowing any user to easily
create profiles for specific metropolitan areas, as well as customized
rankings illustrating the metropolitan areas with the highest and
lowest indicators of health, education, neighborhood conditions,
and housing opportunities.
"Children
Left Behind: How Metropolitan Areas Are Failing America's Children" is
the first in a series of data analyses that will be developed from
the DiversityData.org website. The report, by lead authors Dolores
Acevedo-Garcia, Associate Professor of Society, Human Development
and Health at HSPH and Barbara Krimgold, Kellogg Program Director
at CFAH, focuses on the well-being of America's children.
The powerpoint
overview given by Dr. Acevedo-Garcia at the National Press
Club launch is available for download on the CFAH website.
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Related
Links
"Living
in Different Worlds" Barbara Krimgold interviewed on public
radio's
"Marketplace"
Documents
for Download
Report
1 of 2: "Children Left Behind: How Metropolitan Areas Are
Failing America's Children"
Report
2 of 2: Chartbook
Dr.
Acevedo-Garcia's National Press Club Powerpoint Presentation
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