One of the most important tools communities can have to inform their decisions around health improvement is good data. In communities across NJ, there is not always capacity to access, compile and analyze data in a timely way to inform decisions. PolicyMap is a tool that gives our grantees the opportunity to look at local level data across numerous variables to not only uncover the causes of some critical health issues, but better articulate these issues to community stakeholders and residents.
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Challenge
Grantees of New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI), a statewide grantmaking program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, work in cross-sector collaboratives to address diverse challenges across the state, arising from factors known to affect health, with the goal of creating long-term, lasting change that allows everyone the opportunity to live the healthiest life possible. NJHI recognized that, to drive long-term change in outcomes, its grantees needed data related to the social determinants of health in their communities.