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8 Sep 2020

Focus on Allentown: Services & Amenities within the Neighborhoods

by Samantha Goodrich | posted in: Collaboration & Data Sharing, Community Story | 0

Written by: Hannah Clark, Hasshan Batts, Samantha Shaak, & Scott Hoke Surveys can help us understand a lot about our community. From capturing community concerns about changes in our neighborhoods to identifying future opportunities, recent survey efforts by organizations across … Continued

24 Jun 2020

Focus on Allentown: Housing & Health -Residential Mobility in Allentown Neighborhoods

by Samantha Goodrich | posted in: Collaboration & Data Sharing, Community Story | 0

Written By: Scott Hoke, Hannah Clark, Hasshan Batts, & Samantha Shaak Surveys can help us understand a lot about our community. From capturing community concerns about changes in our neighborhoods to identifying future opportunities, recent survey efforts by organizations across … Continued

5 May 2020

Where’s the Data? Local Human Trafficking Numbers.

by Julia Kocis | posted in: Human Trafficking | 0

Written by: Julia Kocis Human trafficking brings in an estimated global revenue of $150 billion a year. It is one of the fastest-growing transnational crimes due to its high-profit, low-risk equation. Traffickers exploit vulnerable populations, with women and children comprising … Continued

18 Oct 2020

Focus on Allentown: Areas for Further Exploration

by Samantha Goodrich | posted in: Collaboration & Data Sharing | 0

Written by: Hasshan Batts, Samantha Shaak, Scott Hoke, & Hannah Clark Surveys can help us understand a lot about our community. From capturing community concerns about changes in our neighborhoods to identifying future opportunities, recent survey efforts by organizations across … Continued

13 Aug 2020

Addressing Healthy Food Access through Partnerships in the Lehigh Valley

by Samantha Goodrich | posted in: Community Story, Food & Nutrition | 0

Written by: Em Thampoe (1), Samantha Shaak (2), Meagan Grega (3), Eric Ruth (3), and Carmen Guzman-McLaughlin (2) (1) Lehigh University; (2) Lehigh Valley Health Network Department of Community Health; (3) Kelly Foundation Food insecurity and access to food are … Continued

24 Jun 2020

Understanding Survey Fatigue in a Community Context

by Scott Hoke | posted in: Collaboration & Data Sharing, Community Story | 0

Written by: Scott Hoke & Kerrie Baker The year 2020 presents a unique opportunity to have the voice of the community heard through national census survey, an opportunity that occurs once every 10 years.  It seems only fitting that we … Continued

21 Oct 2019

Focus on Allentown: Quality of Life

by Samantha Goodrich | posted in: Collaboration & Data Sharing | 0

Written by: Samantha Shaak, Scott Hoke, Hannah Clark, & Hasshan Batts Surveys can help us understand a lot about our community. From capturing community concerns about changes in our neighborhoods to identifying future opportunities, recent survey efforts by organizations across … Continued

25 Jun 2019

Using County Health Rankings and Roadmaps to Improve Health

by Samantha Goodrich | posted in: Community Story | 0

Written by: Ronald C. Dendas, MS, Samantha A. Shaak, PhD , Sherri Brokopp Binder, PhD, Carmen Guzman-McLaughlin, MPH Since 2010, the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have released the County Health Rankings and … Continued

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22 Jan 2019

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention / Avedium

by David Zimmerman | posted in: Suicide Prevention | 0

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Established in 1987, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this … Continued

22 Jan 2019

An Analysis of Suicides in Lehigh County

by David Zimmerman | posted in: Suicide Prevention | 0

Conducted by The Lehigh County Suicide Prevention Task Force Introduction Periodically, high profile tragic events bring the issue of suicide into the national spotlight. These events confirm that suicide is an alarming public health problem that is highly misunderstood and … Continued

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Recent Posts

  • Focus on Allentown: Areas for Further Exploration October 18, 2020
  • Focus on Allentown: Services & Amenities within the Neighborhoods September 8, 2020
  • Addressing Healthy Food Access through Partnerships in the Lehigh Valley August 13, 2020
  • Understanding Survey Fatigue in a Community Context June 24, 2020
  • Focus on Allentown: Housing & Health -Residential Mobility in Allentown Neighborhoods June 24, 2020

Recent Resources

  • Report: 18101 & 18102 January 20, 2021
  • Report: 18101 18102 January 20, 2021
  • Report: Health Assessment of Census Tracts 18 & 20 – Allentown (city), PA – 08 January 2021 January 8, 2021
  • Urban–rural Differences in Suicide Rates, by Sex and Three Leading Methods: United States, 2000–2018 November 10, 2020
  • Suicide Prevention: An Issue of Social Justice November 10, 2020
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