Kidsdata Workshop: Using Data About Children in Your Work

[ Posted on April 16th, 2013 by Porsche Johnson | No Comments » ]

kidsdataJoin the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s HealthDATA program and kidsdata.org to learn how you can find and use data on children’s health and well being. This free, one-day workshop will be offered in Sacramento on Monday, April 29, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

At the workshop, which will be appropriate for beginning and intermediate data users, you’ll learn how to formulate data questions, interpret results, export data for analysis, and use your findings in reports, presentations, proposals, and policy/program planning. Working directly with kidsdata.org, attendees will learn simple tips for obtaining data for every county, city, school district, and legislative district in the state.
These workshops are sponsored by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. Thank you to our host the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services for allowing us to hold our training at their facility. Register Now (more…)

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New tool helps community groups better understand and analyze environmental health data

[ Posted on April 15th, 2013 by Porsche Johnson | No Comments » ]

ALERT (Assessment of Local Environmental Risk Training to Reduce Health Disparities) is a community training and research partnership to support community efforts to combat disproportionate exposure to air pollution among vulnerable populations.  The ALERT curriculum is designed to build the capacity of community representatives to understand and analyze environmental health data, develop action plans, establish partnerships, and develop and enhance their training capacity in order to bring new knowledge and skills back to their communities.

ALERT is supported by grant number RC1ES018121 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) at the National Institutes of Health.

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ALERT is a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR), the UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH), the East LA Community Corporation (ELACC), and The Children’s Clinic of Long Beach (TCC).

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OSHPD webinar (April 4): Using data to study and evaluate the state’s health care system

[ Posted on March 14th, 2013 by Porsche Johnson | 3 Comments » ]
The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) along with their partners, invites you to participate in an interactive webinar on April 4, that will demonstrate how to assess the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on population health and systems of health care.

Participants will learn how to:

  • Identify current population health data, population health metrics, and Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI) available
  • Describe strategies and key issues surrounding comparisons of local, regional, and statewide data; and
  • Discuss the opportunities and challenges of using integrated data to evaluate the implementation of the ACA.

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Date: Thursday, April 4, 2013
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am
Cost: Free

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Community Action Plan recommends policies and practices to protect health from air pollution

[ Posted on February 27th, 2013 by Peggy Toy | 2 Comments » ]

CAPThe Community Action Plan is a result of “Turning Data into Action (TDA): Fighting Air Pollution in Two Immigrant Communities.”   The two year project engaged more than 450 community leaders in an assessment and planning process leading to the development of the plan which addresses the effects of air pollution on asthma, cardiovascular health and birth weight.  Environmental justice groups, community-based organizations, schools, local health departments, businesses, air quality management agencies, and others were engaged in the project.  The TDA Community Action Plan includes 10 goals and strategies to change policies and practices to protect health from disproportionate exposure to air pollution in Boyle Heights and Long Beach and surrounding neighborhoods in close proximity to heavy traffic from the ports and freeways in Los Angeles County, which has among the most polluted air in the country.

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March 18 Workshop: How to find and use Kidsdata

[ Posted on February 15th, 2013 by Porsche Johnson | No Comments » ]

kidsdataLearn how to find and use data on children’s health and well-being at a March 18 FREE workshop in Los Angeles, CA hosted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s Health DATA Program and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, which supports the children’s health data website kidsdata.org. At this workshop, you’ll learn how to formulate data questions, interpret results, export data for analysis and use your findings in reports, presentations, proposals, and policy/program planning.

Working directly with the kidsdata.org website, attendees will learn simple tips for obtaining health information for every city, legislative district, county, and school district in the state. Register Now.

When: Monday, March 18, 2013
Time: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Where: The California Endowment Los Angeles Conference Center, 1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
Contact: Porsche Johnson (porschej@ucla.edu) for more information.

Recommended Resources
Kidsdata.org (Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health)
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Health DATA Program

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New OSHPD Data Evaluates Populations From the Clinic Perspective

[ Posted on February 12th, 2013 by Porsche Johnson | No Comments » ]

The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) recently released their 2011 primary care clinic data. This data gives researchers information about patient populations from the clinic perspective. (In 2011, these clinics served over 5.2 million patients statewide.)

The 2011 dataset includes data on utilization (patients, encounters), patient demographics, sources of revenue, detailed expenditures, and an inventory of services for over 1,000 clinics.

Learn more about: 2011 Primary Care Clinic Profile Data & 5-Year Trends

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