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- Title
Mapping Heat Vulnerability of a Community Mental Health Center Population.
- Authors
Dumont, Caroline R.; Mathis, Walter S.
- Abstract
Individuals with serious mental illness are vulnerable to extreme heat due to biological, social, and place-based factors. We examine the spatial correlation of prevalence of individuals treated at a community mental health center to heat vulnerability. We applied a heat vulnerability index (HVI) to the catchment of the Connecticut Mental Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut. Geocoded addresses were mapped to correlate patient prevalence with heat vulnerability of census tracts. Census tracts closer to the city center had elevated vulnerability scores. Patient prevalence was positively correlated with HVI score (Pearson's r(44) = 0.67, p < 0.01). Statistical significance persists after correction for spatial autocorrelation (modified t-test p < 0.01). The study indicates that individuals treated at this community mental health center are more likely to live in census tracts with high heat vulnerability. Heat mapping strategies can help communicate risk and target resources at the local scale.
- Subjects
CONNECTICUT; GEOGRAPHIC information systems; HEAT; STATISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); T-test (Statistics); DISEASE prevalence; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Community Mental Health Journal, 2023, Vol 59, Issue 7, p1330
- ISSN
0010-3853
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10597-023-01119-9