Virginia community health dashboard to help neighborhoods spot and improve local health
Virginia Accountable Health Engagement and Action Dashboard: Community Framing of Health Data to Support Clinical Translational Science
An interactive Virginia-focused dashboard to help communities, health teams, and residents find, track, and act on local health problems and strengths.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Virginia Commonwealth University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Richmond, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11194254 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
This project will build a community-focused online dashboard using existing Virginia health and census data that local residents and health partners helped design. The team will combine neighborhood-level maps, local strengths (bright spots), and trends in health outcomes to show where things are better or worse than expected. Work will be done in stages with community partners to pick priority topics, add new measures, test the dashboard in real neighborhoods, and train local groups to use it. The goal is to make data easy to understand and use for local planning and action.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are Virginia residents, community leaders, local public-health or clinical partners, and community organizations across Virginia neighborhoods.
Not a fit: People living outside Virginia or those seeking direct individual medical treatment rather than community-level information are unlikely to benefit directly.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, communities and health providers could more quickly identify local health needs and target programs that improve care and life expectancy.
How similar studies have performed: The team’s prior HealthLandscape work and bright-spot mapping for opioid overdose has shown promise, though expanding this co-created dashboard to many health topics is novel.
Where this research is happening
Richmond, United States
- Virginia Commonwealth University — Richmond, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Krist, Alexander H — Virginia Commonwealth University
- Study coordinator: Krist, Alexander H
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.