[H+T--Friends] 500 Cities Project: Recording of June webinar

ICYMI: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) will host a webinar on June 30 from 2-3 p.m. EST discussing the 500 Cities Project. The project is a first-of-its-kind data analysis of 27 chronic disease measures for the 500 largest American cities, and the census tracts within. The project is intended to bolster the availability of health data for small areas within cities, and aid the development and implementation of effective and targeted public health prevention efforts. During the webinar, staff from the CDC, CDC Foundation, and RWJF will orient participants to the project, including the measures, cities, and methodology, and discuss the formats in which the estimates will be presented to the public. *Learning objectives:* · Define the purpose and scope of the 500 Cities Project; · Identify the 500 Cities methodology and understand the difference between modeled and direct estimates; · Describe the final products of the project; and · Discuss the application of small area health data to the design and implementation of effective and targeted public health strategies. Link to recorded webinar: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/playback/Playback.do?id=62n3ay -- Doctoral Candidate Institute for Multi-Level Governance and Development Department of Socioeconomics WU/Vienna University of Economics and Business Austria WU: www.wu.ac.at/mlgd/en Personal: annhartell.com