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3. WHAT DATA IS DRAWN INTO THE DATA RESOURCE AND WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?

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What data is drawn into the data resource and where does it come from?

he data included in the index is drawn from publicly available sources that are up to date at a census-tract level statewide for California. In order to be included in the index, this data is also required to be demonstrably linked/in correlation with life expectancy, and to be actionable in some way (e.g. policy).

These sources included:

1. U. S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS)

2. California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA)

3. US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

4. Green Info, (parks)

5. The National Land Cover Database, (tree canopy)

6. US Department of Food and Agriculture (supermarket access)

7. US Environmental Protection Agency (retail density)

8. University of California, Berkeley (voter participation)

Virginia Commonwealth University also provided access to their analysis of life expectancy at the California census tract level.

Research & Reports, St. James Parish

6. What visualizations can be produced with this data resource and what can they be used to demonstrate?

The Healthy Places Index can be used to demonstrate geographic differences in overall HPI score, as well as by individual or aggregated health indicators.

10. WHAT STEPS DOES A USER NEED TO TAKE TO PRODUCE ANALYTICALLY SHARP OR PROVOCATIVE DATA VISUALIZATIONS WITH THIS DATA RESOURCE?

Creating maps by different combinations of indicators or geographic aggregations could be tinkered with to produce provocative data visualizations.

9. WHAT DATA VISUALIZATIONS ILLUSTRATE HOW THIS DATA SET CAN BE LEVERAGED TO CHARACTERIZE ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS?

The HPI can be used to illustrate the disparities in access to clean environments (clean air, ozone levels, and safe drinking water).

8. HOW HAS THIS DATA RESOURCE BEEN CRITIQUED OR ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE LIMITED?

The index does not include certain neighborhood characteristics critical to health because they did not meet the criteria for inclusion (described in question 3).