Company
Date Published
Author
Dan Rushton
Word count
479
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The Vital Village Network in Boston, Massachusetts, was established in 2010 by a group of practitioners at Boston Medical Center with the goal of improving health equity. The network has grown to include over 65 community-based agency partners and aims to maximize child, family, and community wellbeing through data analysis and visualization. One of the key objectives is to improve the quality of location data related to Boston and its surrounding area, which is used to promote family and community safety. The network has developed a range of visualizations, including dashboards on food access, early education, and housing access, to help community members understand social threats to child well-being and make informed decisions. These visualizations demonstrate the potential for spatial data analysis to solve pressing social and healthcare challenges in cities and communities.