Back in May, we told you about an upcoming feature on kidsdata.org that aims to help policymakers tackle the important issues revealed in the data — a new Policy Implications section.

Now, this section is available for topics across kidsdata.org. (See an example) These narratives describe promising and research-based policy and program ideas, conveying the message that problems shown in the data can be addressed.

You can find the new Policy Implications section below tables, graphs or maps on kidsdata.org, or by clicking on “Learn More About This Topic” after finding your topic here. For more information, read our recent e-mail advisory about this new feature>>

We also recently revamped kidsdata.org’s Research & Links section, which offers key websites, additional research, and reports related to each topic. Learn more>>

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Earlier this week, our foundation announced a new section of kidsdata.org that can help provide context to the data.

The new Research & Links section of kidsdata.org allows users to get seminal research, policy, and program information related to each topic on the website. By compiling key websites, research articles, reports on policies and best practices, and county/regional reports for each topic, this section provides a gateway for users who want to learn more about the issues presented on the site.

The Research & Links section offers additional context for the data on kidsdata.org, such as explanations of what’s behind the numbers and what can be done to bring about improvements. The section also highlights key issues that are not apparent from the data, such as information about emerging concerns or specific subgroups of the population for which little data exist.

Kidsdata’s Research & Links section contains wide-ranging resources to help researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and others to better understand and address important issues in children’s health. This information is available below any chart or graph on kidsdata (see an example) or in the main Research & Links section.

If you have suggestions for additions to our Research & Links section – regional or county-level reports, other key websites, research articles, etc., please contact us at [email protected].

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Now you can take relevant, updated data from kidsdata.org with you anywhere — to meetings, presentations, events, or any other place you want to share child health information.

New, one-page (front and back) fact sheets offer up-to-date summaries for each of our 60+ topics, 1,800 regions (every county, city, school district, and legislative district in California), and 10 demographic groups (see all available fact sheets). These easy-to-print pdf data summaries are valuable for a variety of uses:

• Quick, up-to-date handouts about the status of children for meetings or advocacy work
• Inexpensive brochures for events and presentations
• Offline reference material about children’s health in your community

Access these fact sheets by clicking on the PDF link at the top right corner of every data page.

By printing a fact sheet and taking kidsdata.org with you to a meeting or event, you can put reliable data in the hands of those who support programs for children in California.

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Kidsdata.org offers a lot of data – likely millions of individual facts about kids in California. But maybe you’re only interested in a few of those facts.  A specific ethnic group? A certain city? A couple of different topics?

Now, you can get an e-mail alert when  data you care about are updated.

Just launched on kidsdata.org, our free e-alerts notify you whenever data are updated on the topics, regions, and demographic groups you select. These e-mail updates (similar to Google Alerts) can be delivered weekly or monthly and tailored for any combination of data available on kidsdata.org. Learn more>>

Try it out at http://ealerts.lpfch.org.

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