Welcome to Data Points!

Our goal for this new kidsdata.org blog is to foster helpful conversations among people who use data to  improve the health and well being of children. We hope that kidsdata.org, which now offers data on children for all counties, cities and school districts in California, will be a valuable tool for you. Please check in regularly to post your comments and to keep up to date on new data and enhancements.

On the blog, you’ll find:

• Information about data efforts taking place throughout the state
• Examples of how others use data in their work
• Data analysis and information from kidsdata.org’s expert staff
• A forum to ask questions about data
• Updates on issues affecting the health of California’s kids, and more!

You can help build a community of data users by posting items on our Kidsdata In Action page about how you are using kidsdata to improve the health of children. That page also features items about how others are utilizing the site’s many offerings. Also, if you blog about children’s health or data, link to us from your blogroll, and let us know what you’re blogging about.

Our foundation launched kidsdata to further our vision that all children in the communities we serve are able to reach their maximum health potential. We believe that decisions based on data are most likely to bring that vision to reality.

David Alexander, MD
President and CEO, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health

Tags: News About Kidsdata.org

Posted by David Alexander, MD

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