Head Start Environmental Exposure Mapping Tool

Description:

To demonstrate where children in Head Start may face greatest exposure to environmental harms, we created this Head Start Environmental Exposure Mapping Tool, which uses an index comparing the share of Head Start children in a given geography who are exposed to different environmental and climate-related hazards with the nationwide exposure of Head Start children. (author abstract)

Resource Type:

Interactive Tools

Author(s):

Jenkins Wesley; Junod Anne N.; Davis Christopher F.; Rogin Amy

Publisher(s):

Urban Institute

Funder(s):

United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; United States. Office of Head Start

Editor(s):

Koo Irene

Country:

United States

Date Issued:

September 25, 2023

Alternative Title:

Where are children in Head Start exposed to environmental hazards?

Source:

Urban Institute. https://www.urban.org/data-tools/where-are-children-head-start-exposed-environmental-hazards

Note:

This tool was developed with data from the US Environmental Protection Agency, the 2020 Decennial Census, the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium, the American Community Survey, and the First Street Foundation. Correction: On September 25, 2023, we fixed a calculation error in the race and ethnicity data that was causing some geographies to total more than 100 percent.

Topics:

6. Programs, Interventions & Curricula > 6.1. Programs > 6.1.3. Early Head Start/Head Start

7. Policies > 7.5. Physical & Mental Health & Safety > 7.5.7. Environmental Issues

8. Service Delivery > 8.4. Physical & Mental Health & Safety

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