healthy city webinar_getting started with healthycity.org

Information + action for social change

How to Participate Today

• Open and close your Panel

• View, Select, and Test your audio

• Type in a question at ANY time during the webinar. We will pause throughout to respond

• Everyone will receive an email within 24 hours with additional help tools and a link to a survey. Please fill out the survey with your feedback from this session

Question for Participants

How have you used maps, charts or other data visualization in

your work?

Mapping Data Provides Visual Evidence for• Community Issues & Needs• Community Knowledge• Coordination• Locating Assets and Gaps• Planning • Policy/Advocacy

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:

Today you will learn how to:1. Locate resources by searching the detailed

health and human service databases of 2-1-1 agencies across the state.

2. Research information about your community to enhance program focus and planning.

3. Map data that you collect in order to see the distribution of your clients, members, facilities, or other organizations.

4. Access advanced features with a free Healthy City account.

1.

Find a Service:You’re a case manager in Los

Angeles looking for substance abuse services

for a client.

They live in ZIP code 90015

*ZIP code 90015

*Substance Abuse Services

*Substance Abuse Services

List the services ONLY within the

area you’ve selected

Browse through listings to look

at service details

You can get directions for

your client

SAVE this list for future reference

EMAIL a link to this list of services

PRINT list of services

You can alsoview services on a

map

Contact 2-1-1 to update

agency information

Resource Guides Available:

Click on • Service Categories

Finding a Service

Questions?

2.Map information about your community to inform planning,

outreach, grant writing or advocacy.

Where are there low income communities and areas of linguistic isolation in the city of

Salinas?

Click the +- buttons to add

Data to your map

Map a second layer of data:

Linguistic Isolation

Customize the display of the

data

Export to a word doc to include in report or grant

application

Learn about our data sources

Questions?

3.Map data that you collect in order to

see the distribution of your clients, members, facilities, or

other organizations.

You’ll need to register for

or Log in to your account

My Account > Upload your own Point or Thematic Data

First, Create an Excel Spreadsheet

Mapping your own data

Questions?

Additional features on HealthyCity.org

A few HealthyCity.org Advanced Features

• Draw your own neighborhood boundaries

• Collect community input with Wikimaps

• Share your story with a group or make it public

Draw your own neighborhood boundaries

A Wikimap enables multiple people to :

• Draw and drop points, lines, and shapes on a shared map

• Attach photos & video

Create Wiki - Mapping Sessions

(with Pictures, Video & Audio)

Create a Story to:Promote your initiative or highlight your work!

Package your saved maps, live mapping sessions, reports, multi-media and more into a “story” that you can share

Create a Story

Share and Search Stories (& more) Statewide

Help is Available:

Click on • Healthy City User

Guideor

• FAQs

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