Understanding the ties between ZIP Code and health is critical to the work of public health officials. Yet, it can be challenging, if not impossible, to identify specific needs and measure progress because data is too siloed or difficult to share. That’s why the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) has focused on making data accessible, understandable and sharable via the Chicago Health Atlas.

Their goal, similar to many across the country, is to increase the ability of community stakeholders to access and use data to identify disparities unique to their neighborhoods and create meaningful interventions.

CDPH’s learnings and successes represent both the present and future of public health. Their story, part of the city’s larger community improvement plan, provides a roadmap of what’s possible with better access to better data. With the Health Atlas, CDPH safely shares their own data and incorporates hundreds of other curated government datasets.

Register for the webinar to:

• Understand how investing in timely, shareable data helps public health leaders identify the interconnectedness of economics, education, and health at a community level
• Learn proven strategies for using data to prioritize areas of need for targeted community improvement projects
• See how a data-first strategy helps advance strategic initiatives across departments and with private sector partners
• Gain insights for how data interoperability drives better collaboration, enabling public health professionals to apply diverse datasets to complex challenges