Combining clinical and population-level data to understand the health of neighborhoods

Am J Public Health. 2015 Mar;105(3):510-2. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302326. Epub 2015 Jan 20.

Abstract

From February through December 2012, we examined responses to health behavior questions integrated into the electronic medical record of primary care centers in the Bronx, New York in the context of New York City Community Health Survey data. We saw a higher proportion of unhealthy behaviors among patients than among the neighborhood population. Analyzing clinical data in the neighborhood context can better target at-risk populations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  • Community Networks / organization & administration*
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Diet / statistics & numerical data
  • Electronic Health Records / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Health Behavior*
  • Health Promotion / methods
  • Health Promotion / organization & administration*
  • Humans
  • Interinstitutional Relations
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Motor Activity
  • New York City
  • Primary Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
  • Public Health / methods
  • Public Health / statistics & numerical data*
  • Residence Characteristics / statistics & numerical data*
  • Young Adult