Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, led ADRC investigator Dr. Amy Kind, recently debuted a new, innovative tool to visualize neighborhood disadvantage. This tool is called the Neighborhood Atlas. It is free, accessible, and interactive, displaying a map of over 70 million Zip+4 zip codes. The tool quantifies the degree of disadvantage at the neighborhood level for all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, which will be critical in assessing health disparities and determining the efficacy of interventions. It is hoped that this tool will incite new policy efforts, research studies, and resource alignments, helping to eliminate health disparities in the U.S.
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health article, "UW-Madison debuts first-of-its kind neighborhood mad to guide medical decision-making," was posted on Thursday, June 28, 2018.
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