While studies show that obese people are two to three times more likely to have asthma that overweight people, the reason is unclear. The National Institutes of Nursing Research (NINR) is requesting grant proposals from organizations interested in investigating the linkages betwen asthma and obesity, especially in early life. Proposals are due on September 5, … [ Read full post ]
‘Contributors’ Archive
Funding available to research asthma and obesity
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Joel Ervice: Data – Helping to Define What We Do and How We Do It
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
I don’t spend my work hours crunching data sets and pouring over confidence intervals, nor churning out reports dense with charts and tables and graphs. Numbers and statistics don’t frequently require much of my attention. Yet, data play a remarkably fundamental role in my work to reduce the burden of asthma as part of Regional … [ Read full post ]
Andy Krackov: Using kidsdata for storytelling
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
They say every picture tells a story. At the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, we believe that every data point has the potential to tell a story. That’s why we operate our flagship website, www.kidsdata.org.
Kidsdata.org consolidates hundreds of indicators at the state, county, city, and school district level that help paint of … [ Read full post ]
Angelo Logan: Harnessing a community’s anger
Monday, June 20th, 2011How do you mobilize your community to take action around an important health, environmental or other issue? In this brief interview, Angelo Logan, co-founder of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, talks about the importance of providing a venue where outrage can be expressed constructively, defining your “policy target” and making every interaction with … [ Read full post ]
Chris Ringewald: CHIS data, GIS, combine to power advocacy for health equity
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
RAISING AWARENESS OF HEALTH DISPARITIES: Chris Ringewald, senior research analyst for Healthy City, writes about how his GIS project and CPEHN relied upon CHIS data to increase awareness and action around health disparities in the state:
When the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN), the only statewide multicultural organization leading the fight for health equity, wanted … [ Read full post ]
Maria-Elena Young: CHIS is central to understanding adolescent health in California
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
At the California Adolescent Health Collaborative (CACH), our work focuses on building partnerships with other organizations that promote the well-being of youth and to connect professionals “on the ground” to information and resources. Data about the health of adolescents in California are central to this work. With data, we can paint a picture of the … [ Read full post ]
