Obesity

Activities Publications

Childhood obesity is known to cause numerous health complications later in life. By identifying its incidence and prevalence in their communities, NNIP partners have been able to support local policies to fight childhood obesity.
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One D[etroit] Scorecard and the Southeast Michigan Regional Opportunity Index
May 2014
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


In May 2014, D3 launched the 2014 One D Scorecard, an online tool that reports on the status of our region through key data indicators in five Priority Areas: Economic Prosperity, Educational... [read more]

Public Health-Seattle/King County develops new Automated Disease Surveillance program
January 2014 - December 2015
Communities Count   (Seattle)


Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC) is developing an Automated Disease Surveillance (ADS) program using Stata statistical software.  In addition to being able to analyze the health... [read more]

Public Health-Seattle/King County Introduces New School District Health Profiles
December 2013 - December 2016
Communities Count   (Seattle)


In collaboration with King County school districts, Public Health – Seattle & King County is developing school district health profiles that will inform school administrators and policy-makers... [read more]

City Profiles
September 2012 - December 2012
Communities Count   (Seattle)


Over the next 12 months Public Health- Seattle & King County will be developing new data profiles for 22 cities and unincorporated areas of King County.  The profiles will include up-to-date... [read more]

Children's Optimal Health launches new website
August 24, 2012
(Inactive) Children's Optimal Health   (Austin*)


Children's Optimal Health is pleased to announce that we have launched a new  website. Many of our maps and all of our published reports are available for download through the site. There is... [read more]

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DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index 2016: Measuring social progress, economic opportunity, and well-being in Fairfield County neighborhoods
October 10, 2016
Report - By: Mark Abraham; Mary Buchanan
Index report PDF
Link to report
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Using Data for Community Action
June 3, 2016
Presentation - By: Kathryn Pettit
PPTX
Community Information Now (CINow)
San Antonio
A city on the rise... But whose?
April 6, 2016
Presentation - By: Norma Garza
PPTX
Community Information Now (CINow)
San Antonio
Local news coverage of CI:Now's 2014 community assessment for Comal and Guadalupe Counties
April 19, 2015
Announcement - By: CI:Now
Comal County Needs Get Spotlight; Community Needs Assessment for Comal and Guadalupe Counties, 2014 Update
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Tuesdays at APA: Strengthening Capacity For Data-Driven Decisionmaking
February 24, 2015
Presentation - By: Kathy Pettit
PPTX
Community Information Now (CINow)
San Antonio
Community Needs Assessment for Comal & Guadalupe Counties, 2014 Update, Rev. Ed.
November 2014
Report - By: Laura C. McKieran, DrPH; Norma I. Garza, MPH; Clarissa R. Ozuna, MA; Stephanie Martinez
PDF
Institute for Urban Policy Research
Dallas
2014 Beyond ABC: Assessing Children's Health in the North Texas Corridor
November 2014
Book - By: Timothy M. Bray, PhD; Anthony M. Galvan; Sara A. Mokuria; Lauren A. Villa; Alexis J. Harper; Sheila N. Dang
Download Report
Community Information Now (CINow)
San Antonio
SA2020 Data Dashboard
September 2014
Report - By: SA2020 and CI:Now
SA2020: The Data Dashboard
(Inactive) Children's Optimal Health
Austin*
How Healthy are Children Across the New Austin Council Districts?
August 29, 2014
Report - By: Children's Optimal Health
Link
Communities Count
Seattle
Decrease in Student Obesity Linked to Project in Low-income King County School Districts
February 21, 2014
Journal Article - By: Eli Kern; Nadine L. Chan; David W. Fleming; James W. Krieger
Declines in Student Obesity Prevalence Associated with a Prevention Initiative — King County, Washington, 2012
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
2013 Greater New Haven Community Index
September 2013
Report - By: Mark Abraham
datahaven_2013communityindex.pdf
2013 Greater New Haven Community Index
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
From Information to Action: Lessons from NNIP
May 17, 2013
Presentation - By: Leah Hendey
PDF
Link to Event
Webinar Recording: Storytelling through Community Journalism
April 4, 2012
Video - By: Charlotte-Anne Lucas; Meg Merrick; Jordan Wirfs-Brock
WMV (60 MB)
(Inactive) Children's Optimal Health
Austin*
Child Obesity by Neighborhood and Middle School
2011
Report - By: Children's Optimal Health
Child Obesity by Neighborhood and Middle School, School Year 2007-2008; Child Obesity by Neighborhood and Middle School, School Year 2008-2009; Child Obesity by Neighborhood and Middle School, School Year 2009-2010
(Inactive) Children's Optimal Health
Austin*
Mapping Data Shape Community Responses to Childhood Obesity
March 1, 2010
Journal Article - By: William M. Sage; Matthew Balthazar; Steven Kelder; Susan Millea; Stephen Pont; Mohan Rao

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Related Stories:

Mapping Childhood Obesity in Austin Motivates Understanding and Action
June 1, 2017

For a more complete case study of this experience, see Chapter 6 of Strengthening Communities with Neighborhood Data, by G. Thomas Kingsley, Claudia J. Coulton and Kathryn L. S. Pettit (...

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Analysis of Incidence of Childhood Obesity by Neighborhood Provides Base for Local Policies
August 29, 2011

In 2002, the Polis Center at Indiana-Purdue University, in conjunction with the Children’s Health Services Research Program in the Department of Pediatrics at Indiana University, began a study of...

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