Map Details – Children in Kentucky: Analyzing Indicators for Improved Health

Impact Statement

This map examines indicators for children’s health in Kentucky. It shows the locations of Healthy Homes Inspectors and Tobacco Free School Districts along with the percent of houses built prior to 1979 (which may contain lead-based paints).

Children in Kentucky: Analyzing Indicators for Improved Health

By looking at these indicators geospatially, we can identify areas of the state where we can establish more Healthy Homes Inspectors and encourage more Tobacco Free School policies.

ArcGIS 10

American Community Survey (ACS); National Environmental Health Association

Geocoded Healthy Homes Inspectors; Downloaded, Cleaned, and Imported ACS data for housing age / Lead; Imported Excel into Shapefile for Tobacco Free School Districts.

Janie Cambron, Program Manager, Kentucky Department for Public Health
(502) 564-7996
janie.cambron@ky.gov

Cambron, J. “Children in Kentucky: Analyzing Indicators for Improved Health” [map]. February 2016. Kentucky Department for Public Health. Accessed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Chronic Disease GIS Exchange https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/.

http://www.tobaccofreeschoolsky.org/index.html