Regan Foust of the Lucile Packard Foundatiion for Children's Health describes the ultimate free web tool for accessing and sharing data about the health and well-being of children and youth in California. Presented at YTH Live 2014 session "Resources for You: Online Libraries, Toolkits and Datasets."

1. Using
Data
to
Make
Your
Case:
How
Kidsdata.org
Can
Help
Regan
Foust,
Ph.D.
Data
Manager,
Lucile
Packard
FoundaAon
for
Children’s
Health
April 6-8, 2014
San Francisco, CA
Annual Conference on Youth + Tech + Health

2. ü A
free
website
where
people
can
easily:
§
Find
§
Digest
§
Use
§
Share
data
about
child
health
and
well-­‐being
in
California
Kidsdata.org
is…

3. § 500+
indicators
of
child
health
and
well
being
§ Data
from
over
50
credible
public
sources
§ Data
at
the
na3onal,
state,
city,
county,
school
district,
and
legisla3ve
district
level.
§ It’s:
ü con3nually
updated
ü completely
customizable
ü and
easy
to
use
and
share
www.kidsdata.org
Kidsdata.org
has…

5. Thank
you!
Regan
Foust,
Ph.D.
regan.foust@lpfch.org