Health Equity
- Health Equity Data Definitions, Standards, and Stratification
By the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH), this resource offers a table of suggested definitions, standards, and stratification practices for nine health equity-related data elements as well as several Frequently Asked Questions on the purpose and usage of the document. It also clarifies differences in results that may arise when different data standards and definitions are used. Providers, states, community organizations, researchers, and others collecting and/or stratifying their health equity-related data can make use of this resource to align with CMS.
COVID-19
- COVIDVaxViewThe COVIDVaxView Interactive! Dashboard from the CDC expands on the weekly data available, allowing users to take a deeper dive into attitudes and behaviors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake by a comprehensive set of demographic characteristics, behavioral and social drivers of vaccination, and barriers to vaccination. The dashboard provides data on adults at the national and state level and children at the national level.
- NCBI VirusA community portal for viral sequence data from RefSeq, GenBank and other NCBI repositories.
Food and Nutrition
- Cultural Food Guide
The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health at the University of Connecticut has released a new guide titled Meeting Neighbor Needs with Culturally Connected Foods. The aim of this guide is to provide food banks and food pantries with ideas to help meet the cultural needs of neighbors within the charitable food system. Available in English and Spanish.
Wildfire
- Wildfire Risk to CommunitiesWildfire Risk to Communities is a free, easy-to-use website with interactive maps, charts, and resources to help communities understand, explore, and reduce wildfire risk. It was created by the USDA Forest Service under the direction of Congress and is designed to help community leaders, such as elected officials, community planners, and fire managers.
Climate Change
- Climate Change Indicators in the United States: Fifth Edition
It documents how climate change is impacting the United States today, the significance of these changes, and their possible consequences for people, the environment, and society.
Summer Pool Safety
Out of drowning fatalities where race was specified among children under the age of 15, African American children made up the second highest percentage of all victims at 23%. For drowning fatalities among children ages 5 to 14, African American children accounted for 45% of these deaths. These numbers highlight the importance of reaching historically excluded communities with water safety information and support. Learn how to keep children safe in and around water by implementing these simple pool safety steps and by taking the Pool Safely Pledge. Visit CDC’s Drowning Prevention webpage to learn more about risk factors and find prevention resources.