Join 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.
Posts by Porsche Johnson
Kidsdata Workshop: Using Data About Children in Your Work
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013New tool helps community groups better understand and analyze environmental health data
Monday, April 15th, 2013ALERT (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 … [ Read full post ]
OSHPD webinar (April 4): Using data to study and evaluate the state’s health care system
Thursday, March 14th, 2013Participants will learn how to:
- Identify current population health
March 18 Workshop: How to find and use Kidsdata
Friday, February 15th, 2013
Learn 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… [ Read full post ]
New OSHPD Data Evaluates Populations From the Clinic Perspective
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013The 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, … [ Read full post ]
Two recorded UCLA webinars offer various ways to access and analyze CHIS data
Monday, December 17th, 2012
Two webinars were presented by staff from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the past month, and recordings of the webinars are available online. The two webinars provide an overview of various ways to access and analyze data from the California Health Interview Survey. Researchers, students and anyone interested in learning how … [ Read full post ]














