caa a22 4500 467934304 CHVBK 20180406152952.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10900-006-9025-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10900-006-9025-5 A Local Community Health Survey: Findings From A Population-Based Survey Of The Largest Jewish Community In Chicago [Elektronische Daten] [Maureen Benjamins, Dana Rhodes, Joel Carp, Steven Whitman] Accurate estimates of health risk factors and outcomes are difficult to obtain for certain ethnic populations. The health of Jewish individuals is particularly hard to determine because of the small group size and because health data rarely include information on religious affiliation. Furthermore, local level health information (for any population subgroup) is limited. To assess health risk factors and outcomes, as well as issues related to access to care, within a Jewish community in Chicago, a group of community agencies and researchers initiated a unique, population-based health survey. Specifically, a three-stage sampling design was used to select a representative sample of 201 adults and 58 children in the most concentrated Jewish neighborhood in the city. Nearly 500 questions were asked, covering a wide variety of demographic, socioeconomic, and health-related topics. The findings revealed that these Jewish individuals were generally as healthy (or healthier) than the average residents of Chicago and the U.S.; however, many serious health concerns still existed. In particular, health problems such as obesity, depression, disability, and domestic violence were common and, in some cases, more prevalent than in the general population. This local level information provides the first accurate estimates of key health variables for the estimated 23,000 Jewish individuals living in this community. This type of data is essential because it enables the efforts and priorities of health and social service providers to be focused on the most pressing health problems. Moreover, this project provides an example for other population subgroups (based on residence, ethnicity, religious affiliation, country of origin, or other characteristics) who would benefit from local level health information. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 community health survey nationallicence ethnicity nationallicence jewish nationallicence obesity nationallicence depression nationallicence Benjamins Maureen Sinai Urban Health Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Room F926, 1500S. California Ave., 60608, Chicago, IL, USA aut Rhodes Dana Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, 30 S. Franklin St., 60601, Chicago, IL, USA aut Carp Joel Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, 30 S. Franklin St., 60601, Chicago, IL, USA aut Whitman Steven Sinai Urban Health Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Room F926, 1500S. California Ave., 60608, Chicago, IL, USA aut Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 31/6(2006-12-01), 479-495 0094-5145 31:6<479 2006 31 10900 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-006-9025-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-006-9025-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Benjamins Maureen Sinai Urban Health Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Room F926, 1500S. California Ave., 60608, Chicago, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rhodes Dana Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, 30 S. Franklin St., 60601, Chicago, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Carp Joel Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, 30 S. Franklin St., 60601, Chicago, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Whitman Steven Sinai Urban Health Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Room F926, 1500S. California Ave., 60608, Chicago, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 31/6(2006-12-01), 479-495 0094-5145 31:6<479 2006 31 10900 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer