Learn how to use AskCHIS, the easy-to-use, free, online Web tool that enables you to search for health statistics on your county, region or statewide. Join staff from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s Health DATA Program for a no-cost, one-day workshop, and learn how to formulate data questions, build queries, graph … [ Read full post ]
Posts Tagged ‘CHIS’
August 19 workshop (Boyle Heights): Using AskCHIS to identify health data surrounding air quality
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Data shows who health care reform will help
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Two new studies from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research paint a portrait of who might be eligible for two new health care reform initiatives in California as of 2014: the California Health Benefits Exchange and the expansion of Medi-Cal. The upshot: both programs will largely serve the working-age, singles, or men — populations … [ 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 ]
Ellen Wu: CHIS data fuels CPEHN’s advocacy for a more diverse approach to health care reform
Monday, April 11th, 2011
REPRESENTING DIVERSITY: As historic health care reform legislation is implemented in California, CPHEN’s Executive Director Ellen Wu describes how her organization used data to ensure that the state’s diverse needs and viewpoints were represented in the planning process.
When President Barack Obama signed the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), it was a landmark moment for … [ Read full post ]
Cliff Sarkin: CHIS data define the insured population
Monday, April 11th, 2011THE UNINSURED ARE ‘US’: Cliff Sarkin, policy director for the Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP), writes about how CHIS data can help us all understand who the uninsured are — overwhelmingly employed citizens — as we move forward to implement health reform in California.
It has been quite an exciting time for health policy … [ Read full post ]
