HealthyCity invites you to participate in a free webinar and an interactive online guide on August 27 to explore how to use HealthyCity.org for community research and engagement. The online guide takes you through different steps and links for using HealthyCity.org for community-based, action-oriented research and mapping. The webinar will provide additional instruction on using … [ Read full post ]
Posts Tagged ‘mapping’
Mapper’s Delight: Maps for Community Engagement, Research, and Action
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
Nov. 16 webinar: Using health data to get your project funded
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011Enhance your grant proposals using the online web tool HealthyCity.org. Attend a Nov. 16 webinar hosted by The Advancement Project that will teach participants how to create maps and charts that cans help demonstrate both the need and potential for services in your community. A special guest co-presenter from First 5 LA will share … [ Read full post ]
‘Persistent wheeze,’ heart disease, a risk of living too close to the highway
Friday, May 20th, 2011
A new study published in the journal of Environmental Health found that people living within 400 feet of a major road were more at risk of “persistent wheeze,” chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and other negative health conditions. The study, conducted in Italy, nevertheless highlights the “potential” effects of traffic-related air pollution on respiratory health … [ Read full post ]
Keep your community “on the map!”
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
As California redraws its political districts, communities risk marginalization in the process. Now community-based organizations, researchers, policy advocates and the general public can put their communities on the map – literally – by using the new online Web tool ReDrawCA.org. The tool helps users tell a visual story about their community by mapping their neighborhoods … [ Read full post ]
