1. Using HealthyCity.org for
Early Care & Education
June 25, 2013
Information + action for social change

2. Healthy City is a program of…
A public policy change organization
rooted in the civil rights movement

3. …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 TO:
COMMUNITY ORGS
FOUNDATIONS
GOVERNMENT
COMMUNITY RESEARCH LAB
Training community groups to lead
and sustain action-oriented research &
technology projects
ONLINE MAPPING TECHNOLOGY
www.HealthyCity.org

4. …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

5. Who’s in the Room?
Chris Ringewald
Research Manager
Erin Coleman
Data Coordinator
Maidel Luevano
Project Coordinator

6. Learning Objectives
Learn how to use Healthy City for researching:
 Healthy Births
 Childhood Overweight
 School Readiness
 Childhood Abuse & Neglect

7. Healthy Births
Low Birth Weight (LBW) is defined as a
birth weight less than 2,500 grams (5
pounds, 8 ounces). Very Low Birth
Weight (VLBW) infants are defined as
weighing less than 1,500 grams (3
pounds, 5 ounces)

9. Data
Birthweight
Access to Prenatal Care
Healthy Food Access
WIC data

11. Childhood Overweight
For children and adolescents (aged 2–19
years), overweight is defined as a BMI at or
above the 85th percentile and lower than the
95th percentile for children of the same age
and sex. Obesity is defined as a BMI at or
above the 95th percentile for children of the
same age and sex.

13. Data
Overweight and Obesity
Breastfeeding
Physical Activity
Soda Consumption
Fast Food Consumption
Fruit & Vegetable Consumption
Sedentary/ Screen Time

14. CHIS data

16. WIC data

17. School Readiness:
The preparation of young children to
participate in and derive maximum benefit
from kindergarten

19. Data
Child Care
Families in Poverty
Child Abuse
Rent Burden

21. Safe from Abuse & Neglect
Child abuse and neglect is generally
categorized into four areas: neglect, physical
abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse
(Haskins et. al., 2009).

23. Data
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Care
Families in Poverty
WIC data

25. ACS Data

26. Wrapping up
We’ve learned about using Healthy City to improve
health outcomes across the following issue areas:
 Healthy Births
 Childhood Overweight
 School Readiness
 Childhood Abuse & Neglect

27. Questions?

28. @HealthyCityCA
Facebook.com/HealthyCityCA

29. Thank you!