A5016407698- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Public Health Policies and Education
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Data Quality and Management
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Sports Analytics and Performance
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
2020-2025
New York City (NYC) was an epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in United States during spring 2020 (1).During March-May 2020, approximately 203,000 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported to NYC Department Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).To obtain more complete data, DOHMH used supplementary information sources relied on direct data importation matching patient identifiers for hospitalization status, occurrence death, race/ethnicity, presence underlying...
Context: Public health agencies publish data so that can influence public policy and practice improve the health. But when these websites are difficult to use, they present barriers this goal. Working make easier use add value work. Program: In 2022, NYC Department of Health Mental Hygiene redesigned Environment Data Portal website communicate more effectively by improving usability. The lets users browse datasets, visualize them, includes companion explanatory material key findings....
Effectively communicating data to a broad range of audiences plays an important role in public health. The COVID-19 pandemic showed how times health crises, people seek out data. Because this emerging interest data, the accessibility and usability visualizations communication products are critical reaching not only professionals but others, too. At New York City Department Health Mental Hygiene, we've worked make comprehensible actionable through approach that features user-centered design,...
Context: Public health agencies routinely publish data in hopes that influence public policy and practice. However, websites can often be difficult to use, posing barriers people trying access, understand, use data. Working make easier add value communication work. Program: The New York City Department of Health Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) redesigned its Environment Data Portal, a website used communicate environmental data, with the goal making more accessible understandable broader audience....
Making public health data easier to access, understand, and use makes it more likely that the will be influential. Throughout COVID-19 pandemic, New York City (NYC) Department of Health Mental Hygiene's Web-based communication became a cornerstone NYC's response allowed public, journalists, researchers access understand in way supported pandemic brought attention deeply unequal patterns COVID-19's morbidity mortality NYC. (Am J Public Health. 2021;111(S3):S193-S196....
In early January 2015, the multi-event national cyclo-cross bicycle races were set to take place in Austin, Texas. Cyclo-cross has a rich history this country, and throughout world, attracting huge crowds competitors. Being primarily winter sport, these athletes often compete harsh conditions, which include rain, snow, mud, revel excitement that comes with such elements. Unfortunately, competition was postponed mid-event when local arborist group protested parks department. The issue: there...
New York City (NYC) experienced a large first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the spring 2020, but Health Department lacked tools to easily visualize and analyze incoming surveillance data inform response activities. To streamline ongoing surveillance, group infectious epidemiologists built an interactive dashboard using open-source software monitor demographic, spatial, temporal trends COVID-19 epidemiology NYC near real-time for internal use by other experts.Existing...