Pool Center for Health Analytics

The Pool Center for Health Analytics is dedicated to achieving a deeper understanding of how Social Determinants of Health influence the physical and mental well-being of individuals and their respective communities through research, information, and collaboration with Lehigh Valley-area public partners. 

Community Analytics Portal

Choose a category below to view reports and dashboards by topic.

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LPPIH Analytics Portal-COVID
Health disparities Data show that racial and ethnic minority groups throughout the United States experience higher rates of illness and death across a wide range…
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LPPIH Analytics Portal-Economic Stability
Economic Stability Research shows that individuals experiencing housing instability have limited access to preventive care and are more likely to have infectious diseases and chronic…
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LPPIH Analytics Portal-Education
Language barriers in healthcare lead to miscommunication between the medical professional and patient, reducing both parties’ satisfaction and decreasing the quality of healthcare delivery and…
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LPPIH Analytics Portal-HealthCare
Boston University’s Health Literacy Tool Shed is an online database of health literacy measures. The site contains information about measures, including their psychometric properties, based…
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LPPIH Analytics Portal-Monkey Pox
Monkeypox is an infectious viral disease caused by infection with the Monkeypox virus that can occur in humans and some other animals. Symptoms are similar…
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LPPIH Analytics Portal-Neighborhood
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study indicates that air quality, measured by the total number of days greater than the ozone standard, improves…
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LPPIH Analytics Portal-Community
Single parents face obstacles to maintaining their health. Researchers looked at seven heart health indicators – such as blood pressure, obesity, diet and whether the…
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Early Childhood and Health Collaborative

Parents wishing to opt their children out of the Early Childhood and Health Collaborative may use this form. 

“The Community Analytics Portal puts relevant, useful data in an easily accessible format that assists in better understanding our community and the issues facing our citizens. It provides a wide breadth of data that makes grant writing easier and changes what we think we know to what we can actually prove through data. This portal is a game changer.”
 

Vicky Kistler
Director of Community and Economic Development, City of Allentown

“The Pool Center for Health Analytics is an important partner to the Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health. Timely and neighborhood-specific analysis of cross-cutting factors is critical to our success. It enables us to identify, measure and track key factors that drive health and in turn work collaboratively with others to improve measurably the healthy status of the Lehigh Valley.”

Edward F. Meehan
Retired Executive Director, Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health