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FEEDBACK FROM CHIS DATA USERS

"The knowledge derived from CHIS has been helpful in identifying policy and service needs for children and youth in our area."

"CHIS data helped us secure new funding with the USDA for our Food Security Project"

CHIS Improving the Health of Californians

	"CHIS has helped us plan our work with greater precision and enhanced our determination to be positive agents of change in the communities of color we serve. We use the CHIS data to stay current with what we need to communicate to African American audiences on the state of our health. It was wonderful to read in the CHIS Cancer Report that the African American community has now achieved near-parity with the white community in screenings for cancer. We must redouble our efforts to persuade the API and Latino communities we serve who lag behind statistically in screenings, to seek out and obtain annual screenings, notwithstanding lack of insurance, or legal status." Sylvia Drew Ivie, JD Executive Director T.H.E. Clinic, Los Angeles

	"CHIS data on the uninsured in Santa Cruz County were presented at a Summit on the Uninsured in June, 2002. A direct result was a community-wide commitment to create a health insurance plan for all children through age 18 years who did not qualify for other insurance such as MediCal or Healthy Families. We are launching our 'universal health care for children' program called HEALTHY KIDS in July 2004, thanks to CHIS helping us define the dimension of this challenge." David R. McNutt, MD, MPH Health Officer/Medical Services Director County of Santa Cruz - Health Services Agency

	"CHIS has been helpful for examining the prevalence of important health behaviors that affect the well-being of children and adolescents in the Central California region. The knowledge derived from CHIS has been helpful in identifying policy and service needs for children and youth in our area. CHIS data is easy to use and provides understandable explanations about problematic health behaviors and issues related to the access of health care services in the Central California region." Virginia Rondero Hernandez Ph.D., M.S.W. Associate Director of Research and Program Evaluation Central California Children's Institute Cal. State University, Fresno

	"On AskCHIS I can quickly get population numbers in San Francisco as well as the State for different racial and ethnic groups. In addition I have used AskCHIS to get the number of uninsured (local, state and region), as these numbers are notoriously difficult to pin down. I find the website very user-friendly and quick, so I use it frequently in my work." Frances Culp Health Program Planner San Francisco Department of Public Health

	"The California Health Interview Survey is of particular importance to small and medium-sized communities that lack the technical and fiscal resources to collect primary data." "Having reliable primary health care data is an essential ingredient in conducting a comprehensive health assessment. My own organization is in its infancy with respect to performing health assessments. Under the leadership of Dr. Krista Hanni, we are about to publish only our second annual county health profile." "The availability of CHIS data, through its website, is an extremely valuable tool to this community and others throughout California." Len Foster Director of Health Monterey County Health Department

	"Metro organized a Hunger Summit, focused on CHIS data and the map showing Fresno and Tulare County as the 'black hole' in the middle of California. The Fresno Bee covered the summit and ran a column on hunger and the CHIS data. This has become a foundation for food policy work here. The information led to a task group decision to do a Community Food Assessment. We have determined to do the assessment by city and county political district and the information will be collected by people who live in the neighborhoods. We hope to establish a local Food Policy Council on the basis of the results. The CHIS data helped us secure new funding with the USDA for our Food Security Project and to focus us on issues of access to food and nutrition, tying that information to chronic disease by diet." Edie Jessup Fresno Metro Ministry, Hunger & Nutrition Project Coordinator And CFPA Regional Advocate


		CHIS is conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in collaboration with the California Department of Health Services and the Public Health Institute. It is funded by public agencies and private organizations.