The University of Chicago Center for Spatial Data Science (CSDS) and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) worked alongside the Partnership for Healthy Cities, a global network of cities committed to reducing noncommunicable diseases that is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership with the World Health Organization and Vital Strategies, and with partners at City Tech Collaborative, to collect and visualize baseline air quality data onto the Chicago Health Atlas.
In the next step of this initiative, CDPH and CSDS will continue to work with the Partnership to analyze air quality data by taking community characteristics into account.
Considering health status and demographics are crucial to understanding the disproportionate effect air pollution has on some communities. Together, these air quality and community data can inform strategies that will improve health outcomes for all residents.
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TrainingsNASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) program offers satellite remote sensing training that builds the skills to integrate NASA Earth Science data into an agency’s decision-making activities. Trainings are offered in air quality, climate, disaster, health, land, water resources, and wildfire management.
COMMUNITIES of PRACTICENASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (HAQAST) is a collaborative team that works in partnership with public health and air quality agencies to use NASA data and tools for the public benefit.
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The University of Chicago Center for Spatial Data Science (CSDS) and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) worked alongside the Partnership for Healthy Cities, a global network of cities committed to reducing noncommunicable diseases that is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership with the World Health Organization and Vital Strategies, and with partners at City Tech Collaborative, to collect and visualize baseline air quality data onto the Chicago Health Atlas.
In the next step of this initiative, CDPH and CSDS will continue to work with the Partnership to analyze air quality data by taking community characteristics into account.
Considering health status and demographics are crucial to understanding the disproportionate effect air pollution has on some communities. Together, these air quality and community data can inform strategies that will improve health outcomes for all residents.
RESOURCES
Trainings NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) program offers satellite remote sensing training that builds the skills to integrate NASA Earth Science data into an agency’s decision-making activities. Trainings are offered in air quality, climate, disaster, health, land, water resources, and wildfire management.
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COMMUNITIES of PRACTICE NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (HAQAST) is a collaborative team that works in partnership with public health and air quality agencies to use NASA data and tools for the public benefit.