Philadelphia Healthy Chinese Takeout Initiative 2015 Snapshot

Philadelphia's 2015 Healthy Chinese Take-out Initiative involved 200 enrolled restaurants working to reduce sodium in dishes and prevent illegal tobacco sales. This archived dataset provides a point-in-time snapshot of the program's participants and activities as of February 5, 2015. The initiative was a joint effort by Temple University's Center for Asian Health, the Asian Community Health Coalition, the Philadelphia Chinese Restaurant Association, and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.

Use Cases

• Analyze restaurant enrollment and participation status across the 200 enrolled Chinese take-out establishments.
• Map restaurant locations using the provided GEOJSON or SHP files to study geographic distribution of the initiative.
• Examine data on low-sodium cooking training completion and tobacco law education for enrolled restaurants.

Strengths

• Dataset contains records for 200 enrolled Chinese take-out restaurants.
• Data is provided in multiple formats including GEOJSON, SHP, CSV, HTML, and API for flexible access.
• Initiative details are well-documented, including specific goals like reducing sodium content by 10-15%.

Limitations

• Data is a static snapshot from 2015 and is not updated, limiting analysis of long-term trends or outcomes.
• The specific columns and data schema are unknown, complicating direct analytical use.
• As an archived program, the data represents a closed cohort with no ongoing collection.

Provenance

Source

City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Department of Public Health.

Collection Method

Data collected from the Healthy Chinese Take-out Initiative, a joint public health program.

Time Range

Point-in-time snapshot as of February 5, 2015.

Freshness

Archived snapshot from 2015; last metadata update was March 31, 2025.

Geography

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.