In John Sucich’s latest blog he talks about how the generally agreed social determinants of health can be expanded to include more diverse data. This serves to enlighten various social and healthcare agencies to allow them to take action before health is seriously impacted by social inequalities or deprivations. He explains the work of a team of researchers at Boston University led by Dolores Acevedo-Garcia. They publish the Child Opportunity Index (COI), which tracks data in areas such as education, health, environment, and economics. By looking further afield than the traditional poverty index, they have used specific additional data to bring about positive change.
A reliable and powerful analytics solution is required to bring all of these datasets together – if the results are unreliable or inconsistent it is hard to draw any specific conclusions or take confident steps.
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