Healthy Neighborhoods Program, Percentage of Dwellings with Mice Observed or Reported at Initial Visit and Revisits by County: 2009 -2014 Funding Cycle
health.data.ny.gov | Last Updated 26 Sep 2019This chart shows the percentage of homes where mice were observed or reported at the initial visit and revisit, by county for the 2009-2014 funding cycle. The chart gives an indication of the ability of the HNP environmental intervention to decrease the prevalence of mice in the home. The HNP pest control intervention involves providing products (such as traps and cleaning supplies) and educating residents about removing harborage and food for pests by storing garbage appropriately, cleaning, and repairing holes that give mice entry into the home. In some cases, the HNP contacts local code enforcement or the landlord. We can see that the initial visit percentages vary substantially across the across counties, which could reflect differing geography, urban versus rural target areas, and the quality of the housing stock. Except for one county, the homes that were selected for a revisit have a lower percentage with mice homes that had an initial visit, indicating an overall reduction in the percentage of homes with mice after the HNP intervention, although mice were not eradicated from all the homes. Oneida and Cortland Counties show no mice in the revisited homes, which could be an indication of success of the intervention and/or the selection of homes to revisit. For Westchester County, it is possible that the homes that the revisited homes were the worst and, therefore, had a higher percentage. These three counties demonstrate why the comparisons need to be interpreted with caution. Because revisits are a subset of the initial visits, the comparison has limitations. Please read the overview document under the “About” tab for more information on the limitations.
This dataset has the following 10 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funding Cycle | funding_cycle | text | County health departments submit applications to compete for funding to implement the Healthy Neighborhoods Program. Only full-service health departments are eligible to apply for funding. (A full-service health department has a Division of Nursing and a Division of Environmental Health.) Funding runs on cycles of 4 or 5 years. Both federal and state monies have funded the program; the current cycle is funded by the state budget. | 2014-2019 2006-2009 2009-2014 view top 100 |
| County Name | county_name | text | The name of the county with a Healthy Neighborhoods Program (HNP). “All counties” is the combined data for all counties funded during a funding cycle. | Albany Erie Monroe Niagara Onondaga view top 100 |
| Visit Type | visit_type | text | Types are Initial visits and Revisits. At the initial visit an HNP surveyor gathers information about the building, primary respondent and residents and conducts an assessment of the conditions of the home. At this visit, the surveyor provides the HNP interventions and guidance to assist residents in addressing potential health and safety hazards. About 25% of these homes are revisited 3-6 months after the initial visit. Homes needing a revisit are prioritized on the overall or severity of the conditions identified at the initial visit or homes with residents with asthma. The home is reassessed for ongoing or new conditions and additional interventions are provided as needed. | Initial visits Revisits view top 100 |
| Item | item | text | Variables are grouped into item types: housing information, respondent demographics, and housing conditions. | Housing condition view top 100 |
| Variable | variable | text | Variables are the individual building characteristics, respondent demographics, or housing conditions assessed at the initial visit or revisit. Information about the building, primary respondent and residents are only collected at the initial visit. | Mice, evidence or reported view top 100 |
| Variable Detail | variable_detail | text | Variable detail are the responses possible for each variables. Housing conditions details are Yes, No, Unknown, and Not Applicable. The details for each building characteristic or respondent demographics depends on the variable. For example, the details for Age of Building are Pre-1950, 1950-1978, and Post-1978. | Yes view top 100 |
| Frequency Count | frequency_count | number | This is the number of dwellings that have a specific detail (e.g., the number of dwellings built before 1950, 1950-1978, after 1978, and Unknown). These sum to the number of dwellings visited. | 1 22 15 2 91 view top 100 |
| Percent of Total Frequency | percent | number | 7.8 2.9 15.4 12.1 21.8 view top 100 | |
| Date Closed | date_closed | calendar_date | 2017-10-27T00:00:00 view top 100 | |
| Location | location | location | The latitude and longitude of the county centroid. | view top 100 |