Ottawa Neighbourhood Equity Index (NEI) 2024

The NEI is a tool to help residents, planners, key stakeholders and decision-makers identify disparities between neighbourhoods and tackle them in a systematic and organized way. By identifying areas with inequitable opportunities to thrive or inequitable resources, the tool supports cross-sector action planning at the local and systems-level. The NEI is based on the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Urban HEART (Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool) framework. The methodology comes from research on the social determinants of health, and includes data in five domains (themes) that affect health: economy, social development, physical environment, health and community/belonging. It is a place-based tool, presenting information at the level of local neighbourhoods. For the NEI, “neighbourhoods” are defined by Statistics Canada’s standard geography called “census tracts”. The Ottawa-specific NEI considers Ottawa’s urban-suburban-rural composition and relates to the existing strong neighbourhood strategies and other data initiatives. For more information go to https://neighbourhoodequity.ca/社区公平指数（Neighbourhood Equity Index，NEI）是一款可协助居民、规划人员、核心利益相关方及决策者识别各社区间的发展失衡问题，并以系统化、规范化路径予以解决的工具。通过甄别发展机遇分配不公或资源配置失衡的区域，该工具可为地方及系统层面的跨部门行动规划提供支撑。本工具基于世界卫生组织（World Health Organization，WHO）的Urban HEART（健康公平评估与应对工具，Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool）框架搭建，其方法论源自健康的社会决定因素相关研究，涵盖五大影响健康的领域（主题）：经济、社会发展、物理环境、健康服务以及社区与归属感。该工具属于属地化研究工具，所有信息均以地方社区为粒度进行呈现。在NEI的框架中，“社区”的定义采用加拿大统计局（Statistics Canada）制定的标准地理单元“普查分区（census tracts）”。渥太华专属版NEI充分考量了该市城市-郊区-农村的地域构成，并与现有成熟的社区发展策略及其他数据项目相衔接。如需了解更多信息，请访问：https://neighbourhoodequity.ca/