This report describes the results of an evaluation of the Green Carts program, which provided permits to vendors to operate fresh fruit and vegetable carts in neighborhoods with low levels of consumption.
This report details data from the Physical Activity and Transit Survey on perceived availability, quality and cost of fresh fruits and vegetables among NYC residents.
This report describes characteristics and circumstances of heat-related deaths in New York City during the 2013 summer season based on a review of death certificates and medical examiner investigation reports.
This report features data from the NYC Alcohol Survey, a special survey of adult New Yorkers that asked about drinking patterns as well as experiences of specific harms from drinking, such as arguments, assaults, unwanted sexual advances, or having to care for someone who had too much to drink. The survey found that more than one in five adult New Yorkers had experienced one or more of these harms.
This report features data from the 2009 Community Health Survey. Analyses found that four in ten New Yorkers experienced disruption of activities by noise outside their homes, and half of those reported frequent disruptive noise. Both New Yorkers who reported poor self-rated health and those with serious psychological distress were more likely to report frequent disruptive noise exposure.
This Epi Research Report examines the relationship between self-reported physical activity and accelerometer-measured physicial activity and provides best practice recommendations for using self-reported data.