What’s the teen smoking rate in California’s Sierra counties compared to the Bay Area? What share of residents in downtown Anaheim (92805) are uninsured compared to Anaheim Hills (92807)? How can you get easy access to these and many other health questions? The Center’s Health DATA program is offering live-streamed workshops on how to access free California Health Interview Survey data through our easy-to-use web query tools, AskCHIS© and AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition© (NE). The upcoming training schedule:
Introduction to AskCHIS April 26, 1:30pm – 3:00pm (PST)
In this introductory class, participants will learn to access health data estimates for children, teens, and adults at the state and county level using AskCHIS. They will also learn how to export their findings and turn them into understandable charts.
Advanced AskCHIS May 10, 1:30pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Builds on basic AskCHIS skills. Participants will learn how to work with multiple CHIS variables, generate bivariate tables, and export data tables and graphs.
AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition May 17, 1:30pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Narrowing the geographic focus, users will find health data by legislative district, city, and ZIP Code on AskCHIS NE. They will learn how to export excel data and visualizations generated on AskCHIS NE to use in online and printed reports.
Dhannya V. Sasi, the workshop trainer, will answer questions and help participants with data searches during the class.
Workshops are supported by Kaiser Permanente.
Please note: Google Chrome is not compatible with this seminar. Participants should use another browser.
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) is one of the nation’s leading health policy research centers and the premier source of health policy information for California. UCLA CHPR improves the public’s health through high quality, objective, and evidence-based research and data that informs effective policymaking. UCLA CHPR is the home of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) and is part of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.