Health Disparities

Every month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates upcoming webinars, events and other resources hosted by the CDC-funded National Networks.

The alcohol industry is quite transparent in their goals to recruit new drinkers, including women, Hispanic consumers and “beer rejectors”. One strategy that has seen growing success over the course of the last 20 years is offering new products that are sweeter and easier to drink than traditional beer or distilled spirits. These types of products are increasingly available in convenience stores, grocery stores and mass merchandisers across the country. Differences in alcohol availability can help explain why alcohol-related harms impact some communities more heavily than others.

NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC) released an interactive mapping tool late last year. The measures included in the mapping tool provide a comprehensive picture of the well-being of rural communities, and it is the first publicly available tool to display a county-level map of the prosperity index developed by NORC.

Each month, GHEA aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based tobacco control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.

Each month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based cancer control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.

The American Lung Association (ALA) recently released their 21st annual State of Tobacco Control report. The report serves as a blueprint for actions that should be taken at the state and federal levels to reduce death and disease caused by tobacco use. The ALA assigns state and federal policies letter grades, A through F, based on their effectiveness in preventing and reducing tobacco use.

Each month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based cancer control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.

Each month, GHEA aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based tobacco control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) PLACES database was created through a partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the CDC Foundation. The PLACES website is a public, interactive resource. Users can view and download data by county, place, census tract, and Zip Code Tabulations Area (ZCTA). New PLACES data was released in December 2022.

Each month, GHEA aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based tobacco control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.

Each month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based cancer control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Center for Public Health Systems Science (CPHSS) at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis published a new addition to the best practice user guide for state tobacco control programs: Tobacco Where You Live – Mapping Techniques.