VINELAND The Cumberland/Salem Health and Wellness Alliance (CSHWA) is paving the way for a healthier and better-informed community with the addition of a database on its website that tracks a multitude of health trends in both counties for comparison to state and national data. The site, gethealthycumberlandsalem.org, was developed to gather information about a variety of factors that influence public health, said Carolyn Heckman, vice president of government relations for South Jersey Healthcare. Its goal is to improve the health and quality of life for area residents by promoting transparency and sharing of best practices.

"The website has been developed as a one-stop source of data and information about community health and the social and environmental determinants of health, such as socioeconomic status, housing, availability of healthy foods and air quality in our area," Heckman said.

The website database was developed in partnership with Healthy Communities Institute (HCI). The Institute tracks more than 100 health and quality-of-life indicators across the country using local, state and federal data.

Community Dashboard: Allows users to explore reports on a variety of health and quality-of-life indicators

Disparities Dashboard: Can be used to view data broken out by racial, ethnic, age and gender groups to identify disparities within the population

Demographics: Provides profiles which explore demographic elements within the population

Healthy People 2020 Tracker: Compares local data with the national Healthy People 2020 goals

Reporting Tools: The Report Assistant allows users to integrate quickly site content into reports that can be shared or saved, and the Indicator Comparison Report can be used to view multiple indicators across available locations.

Promising Practices: A database of promising practices and strategies from communities across the country to identify potential programs and interventions to improve health and quality-of-life indicators

Report Center: Allows users to view reports and documents related to health and wellness in Cumberland and Salem counties

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