It has been a challenging, but interesting and incredibly rewarding year for us with the completion of several novel projects and the start of some exciting new initiatives.
Our innovative, evidence-based and objectively-measured data and tools are used to promote human health, social equity, environmental resilience, and economic development. Let us know if you would like to discuss ways UD4H can help you to integrate health, equity, and the built, natural and social environment more fully into your work. Learn more about the services we offer.
UD4H created a localized version of its National Public Health Assessment Model (N-PHAM) for the Genesee Transportation Council (Rochester, NY). N-PHAM uses the latest demographic and built environment data to estimate chronic disease prevalence and physical activity. This decision support software, being developed with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has nationwide coverage and is the starting point for evaluating the health impacts of future alternative investments.
The City of Rochester's Inner Loop North is an aged, below-grade, and neighborhood dividing freeway. The Genesee-Finger Lakes version of N-PHAM was used to estimate the health impact of replacing it with more walkable communities, increased mixed land use and access to greenspace.
Baseline Type 2 diabetes prevalence for the Inner Loop North study area
Average predicted health outcomes for the most aggressive, but viable land use change scenario
Findings from King County, WA: i.) More mixed land use and greater pedestrian-oriented street connectivity are correlated with lower COVID-19 hospitalization/fatality rates, ii.) Greater time spent in cars correlates with higher COVID-19 hospitalization/mortality
Compares the use of online imagery and in-field data collection to conduct a remote, centralized collection of microscale streetscape data in five study regions: 1) Melbourne, Australia, 2) Ghent, Belgium, 3) Curitiba, Brazil, 4) Hong Kong, China, and 5) Valencia, Spain
Findings: Online imagery can be equally effective to audit the pedestrian environment by auditors who live in, as well as outside the country, and doing so has good reliability with observations completed by people in-field walking along the street segments
Let us know if you would like to discuss ways UD4H can help you to integrate health, equity, and the built, natural, and social environment more fully into your work. Learn more about the services we offer.
