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2003 Kern County Assessment
The 2003 Kern County Assessment used CHIS data on diabetes prevalence to compare Kern County with other counties in the San Joaquin Valley. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
CHIS was selected by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as the only subnational population survey included in its National Healthcare Disparities Report.
MORE Applied Survey Research
Applied Survey Research (ASR) uses CHIS data in its evaluation and community assessment projects to help illustrate the health and well-being of communities.
MORE California Department of Health Services
CHIS 2001 data are being used in California’s environmental health tracking system currently being developed by the California Department of Health Services with funding from CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health. California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP)
The California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP) provides independent analysis of the medical, financial and public health impacts of proposed health insurance benefit mandates.
MORE California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN)
The California Pan-Ethnic Health Network CPEHN conducted a study using CHIS 2001 data.
MORE Central California Children’s Institute
The Central California Children’s Institute used CHIS data in reports on the prevalence of childhood asthma, childhood obesity and physical inactivity in the Central California Region, and a report entitled, Children Count 2002-2003: Report Card on the Well-Being of Children in Fresno County.
MORE Central California Children’s Institute
The Central California Children’s Institute used CHIS data for its child health insurance access, asthma and dental health indicators in their report entitled Children in Jeopardy: A Sourcebook for Community Action.
MORE Central California Children's Institute at California State University, Fresno
This new report, Struggling to Breathe: The Epidemic of Asthma Among Children and Adolescents in the San Joaquin Valley, primarily presents data from CHIS.
MORE Central Valley Health Policy Institute at California State University, Fresno
Health in the Heartland: The Crisis Continues, a report on health status and access to care in the San Joaquin Valley, was produced by the Central Valley Health Policy Institute at California State University, Fresno.
MORE Community advocates in Solano County
Community advocates in Solano County successfully argued against developing a new truck stop along 1-80 in the county, based on published CHIS 2001 estimates that showed Solano County to have the state’s highest rate of asthma symptom prevalence overall and one of the highest rates for children. First 5 Marin
First 5 Marin used CHIS data in its efforts focused on children’s health issues, such as asthma rates and obesity. Fresno County public health officer
Using CHIS data, the Fresno County public health officer identified obesity, diabetes and asthma as the most important public health issues in that county and obtained additional resources to address them. Fresno Metro Ministry
CHIS data helped the Fresno Metro Ministry secure funding from the USDA for its Food Security Project. Integrating Medicine and Public Health Program at the University of California, San Francisco
Researchers from the Integrating Medicine and Public Health Program at the University of California, San Francisco used CHIS 2001 data to report on The State of the Great Central Valley—Public Health and Access to Care.
MORE Nicholas C. Petris Center, UC Berkeley's School of Public Health
In the first attempt to compare measures of mental health and general well-being among California's general population on a county-level basis, health policy researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, found significant differences.
MORE Santa Barbara County KIDS Network and First 5 Santa Barbara
The Santa Barbara County KIDS Network and First 5 Santa Barbara used CHIS data in their collaborative Santa Barbara County Children’s Scorecard 2003 to compare the overweight and obesity of adults in Santa Barbara County and California overall.
MORE Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, which sponsored a CHIS 2001 county oversample, relied on CHIS data on obesity and many other health indicators in its report entitled The Health and Well-Being of the People of Santa Barbara County.
MORE Sequoia Community Health Centers
Sequoia Community Health Centers have used CHIS data as a comparative point of reference for chronic disease.
MORE The California Department of Public Health
The California Department of Public Health produces County Health Facts, a series of reports using CHIS 2001 data to describe the prevalence of key health indicators in California’s counties, including obesity, arthritis, binge drinking and heart disease.
MORE The Community Action to Fight Asthma (CAFA)
The Community Action to Fight Asthma (CAFA) relies on CHIS data and estimates to support the work of a dozen grantees of The California Endowment in addressing the multiple environmental triggers of asthma symptoms among school-aged children around the state. The Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
The Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County uses CHIS data in their advocacy and planning activities, and in their proposals to government agencies and foundations in support of their 41 member community clinics and health centers. The Contra Costa County Office of Education
The Contra Costa County Office of Education’s Children’s Report Card used CHIS 2001 data to compare health insurance coverage of children in Contra Costa County to children statewide.
MORE The Los Angeles County Children's Health Initiative
The Los Angeles County Children’s Health Initiative launched a new expansion program to ensure that all children through age 18 have access to coverage.
MORE The San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium
The San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium and San Francisco Department of Public Health used CHIS data to develop its two-year federal Community Access Program, a project to improve access to and quality of care for San Francisco’s indigent and uninsured.
MORE The Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency
The Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency used CHIS data to develop a health insurance plan for all children up to age 18. The Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency
The Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency and a variety of Tulare community groups use CHIS data for their grant requests.
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