Health Matters: November 2024

by PolicyMap Team
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Mapping Maternal Vulnerability: Insights to Drive Change

Maternal mortality in the U.S. remains alarmingly high, particularly for Black women, whose risk far exceeds that of other groups. Healthcare for women has been a longstanding problem in the United States for numerous reasons including cost, access, insurance coverage, and state and federal policies. In 2022, over 22 women died for every 100,000 live births. Explore the data behind this urgent public health crisis.

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Surgo Health

PolicyMap and Surgo Health Partner to Drive Awareness of the Critical State of Maternal Care in the U.S.

Announcing the integration of Surgo Health’s Granular Maternity Vulnerability Index (gMVI) into PolicyMap’s platform. This collaboration empowers users to visualize maternal health vulnerabilities alongside social determinants of health data, enabling targeted interventions to address disparities and improve maternal outcomes across the U.S.

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CUSTOMER STORY

Interact for Health

Interact for Health, a foundation dedicated to advancing health justice in the Greater Cincinnati region, uses PolicyMap to better understand social determinants of health (SDOH) and deploy resources effectively across their region. Interact for Health empowers 75 partner organizations in their network to conduct assessments, improve service delivery, and strategize community support.

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Vitamin Angels

Vitamin Angels is a global public health nonprofit, addressing malnutrition in pregnant women and children by providing proven nutrition solutions to underserved communities. With PolicyMap, they developed a zip code scoring system to identify areas with the greatest lack of access to prenatal care.

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Updated Data

Surgo Ventures Maternal Vulnerability Index (MVI) is now available. The MVI identifies where and why mothers in the United States are vulnerable to poor health outcomes.

The latest 2022 CMS Chronic Conditions data update is now live on production!

Urinary Bladder Cancer has been added to the list of cancers we provide from the CDC Cancer Incidence dataset. Urinary Bladder Cancer incidence rates and counts are available for all pre-existing time periods and by race/ethnicity.

CDC PLACES data has been updated through 2022.

The CDC Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) has been updated through 2022. The 2016 and 2018 historic data was added as well.

FEMA Disaster Declaration data has been updated to October 2024.

The NEW CDC Heat and Health Index (HHI) has been added to PolicyMap. The Heat and Health Index (HHI) helps identify communities where people are most likely to experience harmful effects from heat.

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