The Virginia Wellbeing Dashboard
The Virginia Wellbeing Dashboard uses community data to predict local mental health and substance use disorder outcomes – and explores how we can improve wellbeing through supporting healthier environments for all. The Dashboard can inform systemic, evidence-based approaches to improving outcomes across our communities.
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PhotoVoice: Engaging Virginia AmeriCorps volunteers
AmeriCorps Office of Research and Evaluation in collaboration with Serve Virginia is partnering with research grantees Virginia Tech and VCU Center on Society and Health to implement a series of PhotoVoice projects with AmeriCorps Seniors and AmeriCorps State and National service members across Virginia.
Read MoreHealth Equity in Northern Virginia
With support from the Northern Virginia Health Foundation, the Center has completed many projects focused on gaps in life expectancy across census tracts, as well as the roots of those gaps, in the Northern Virginia / D.C. Metro area. Read our latest report, Lost Opportunities: The Persistence of Disadvantaged Neighborhoods in Northern Virginia.
Read MoreThe SEED Method - Stakeholder Engagement for Question Prioritization and Action Planning
The Stakeholder Engagement in Question Development and Prioritization method, better known as the SEED Method, is a multi-stakeholder approach to engaging communities in research, problem solving, and action planning. The SEED Method provides a framework for collaborative research and action planning that can be scaled up or down depending on project resources and goals.
Read MoreAbout the Center
The Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University is an academic research center that studies the health implications of social factors—such as education, income, neighborhood and community environmental conditions, and public policy.
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