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This is a presentation that was given in Salinas on May 2, 2012. Healthy City is an information + action resource. Healthy City is a program of Advancement Project.
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Information + action for social change
• Help reveal larger place-based dynamics that numbers by themselves cannot
• Connect community knowledge and data to location
• Support strategy through communicating patterns to a broad audience, clearly, quickly, and dramatically
Why Are Maps Useful Visualizations?
Healthy City is a project of…
A public policy change organization rooted in the civil rights movement
…is an information + action resource that unites rigorous research, community voices and innovative technologies
to solve the root causes of social inequity
DIRECT TECHNICAL SUPPORT :
Work ON‐THE‐GROUND to develop targeted research/policy strategies
and web tools
COMMUNITY RESEARCH LAB
Training community groups to lead and sustain action‐oriented research &
technology projects
ONLINE MAPPING TECHNOLOGYwww.HealthyCity.org
• Find community resources and partners• Map, Chart & Rank community data• Upload data & Share your community’s story
HealthyCity.org is a statewide resources that enables you to:
…to fuel social change and improve our communities
HealthyCity.org
Website
Service Provider
Case Manager
Policy Advocate
Funder
Community Organizer
Researcher
Who Uses HealthyCity.org?
Grant Writer
Today you will learn how to:1. Find data for your community to assess the past,
present and future.
2. Create maps that visually communicate your advocacy message to impact policy decisions.
3. Upload & map data that you collect in order to see the distribution of your clients, members, facilities, or other organizations.
4. Access additional features with a free Healthy City account.
1.
Find data:You’re part of a BHC and want to find
data about your community
Click on Change to select your geography
Select “County”, then
“Fresno”
Click a “Target” to select data
Choose a category
Choose a sub-category
Births in Fresno County:2,044 births were to Mothers
under age 20 which was about 12.99% of total births
Select a different indicator
Ability to view different types of
charts
Shortcut to map of this data
Click Show/Hide
description to see details
Click Show/Hide List to see data level
used for aggregation
Universe, Source, Year
Click Show/Hide List to see list of geographies
used to aggregate
How does this compare to the state of California?
View other years of data or multiple years at once
Learn about our data
Data Source Tips for Trending Data
Key Points to Keep in Mind:
• How old is the data?
• At what data level/geography is it available?
• How frequently is it updated?
• How complete is the data?
• What are the pros and cons for a specific dataset?
ACS v. Census
ACS• 1-year, 3-year, 5-year estimates• Data Level: Census Tract, City, County, Congressional District State• Has margins of error• Detailed demographic, housing, financial, social data• Free
Census• Every 10 years
• Data Level: Census Block thru State
• No margins of error• Basic population and housing
data• Free
Learn about our point data
Data Visualizations
Pie charts are useful for showing significant differences in percentages as parts of a whole. *Remember—values need to add up to 100%
Bar graphs are useful for comparing data between different groups.
Line graphs are useful for showing changes over time.
Finding Data
Questions?
2.Create maps that visually
communicate your advocacy message to impact policy
decisions
Click on Change to select your geography
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