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).
7. HOW HAS THIS DATA RESOURCE BEEN USED IN RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY?
This data has been used for assessments, decision making, and planning on a state, regional and local level in California by a wide range of actors, which include:
9. WHAT DATA VISUALIZATIONS ILLUSTRATE HOW THIS DATA SET CAN BE LEVERAGED TO CHARACTERIZE ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS?
The Healthy Places Index can be used to demonstrate geographic differences in overall HPI score, as well as by individual or aggregated health indicators.
5. WHAT CAN BE DEMONSTRATED OR INTERPRETED WITH THIS DATA SET?
The HPI draws data about 25 community characteristics into a single indexed HPI score.
4. WHAT SCALES CAN BE SEEN THROUGH THIS DATA RESOURCE?
Data is available at several different scales: census-tracts, congressional districts, state assembly districts, state senate districts, cities, core based statistical areas, elementary school dist
2. WHO MAKES THIS DATA AVAILABLE AND WHAT IS THEIR MISSION?
The California Healthy Places Index is made available by the Public Health Alliance of Southern California.
3. What data is drawn into the data resource and where does it come from?
The data included in the index is drawn from publicly available sources that are up to date at a census-tract level statewide for California.
3. What data is drawn into the data resource and where does it come from?
The data included in the Index is drawn from publicly available sources that are up to date at a census-tract level statewide for California.
California Healthy Places Index 2022 - Santa Ana
Map of Santa Ana, California Healthy Places Index 2022
The HPI can be used to illustrate the disparities in access to clean environments (clean air, ozone levels, and safe drinking water).