Creating Healthy Places: New York State Community Health Intervention Locations

New York State locations for community-level interventions from the Creating Healthy Places to Live Work and Play grant (October 2010 – October 2015). The dataset includes 22 funded communities implementing policy, systems, and environmental changes to prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes. It is published by health.data.ny.gov and was last updated in February 2019.

Use Cases

• Map intervention locations using Latitude and Longitude columns for spatial analysis.
• Analyze the frequency of specific Interventions (e.g., Complete Streets) by City or Counties.
• Categorize activities by linking the Activity column to the corresponding Activity Number.
• Assess geographic coverage by joining location data with New York Zip Codes.

Strengths

• Includes precise geographic coordinates (Latitude, Longitude) for mapping.
• Categorizes interventions into five broad activity areas and 18 specific types.
• Covers 22 communities across New York State funded by a specific five-year grant.

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-02-15 16:14:01; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset description notes it is no longer updated.

Provenance

Source

health.data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Data likely collected from grant-funded community contractors implementing the Creating Healthy Places initiative.

Time Range

Associated with grant activities from October 2010 to October 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2019-02-15 16:14:01

Geography

New York State, United States.