Mapping Tool Highlights Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Neighborhoods
A new tool supported by the National Institutes of Health uses education, housing and poverty measures to rank and map neighborhoods according to socioeconomic disadvantage. According to , researchers, policymakers and health and social service personnel can use the to study social-biological mechanisms of health and disease, develop or study the impact of health policy, or better align resources.
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