Austin Creates Data Portal to Improve Health

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Healthy ATC is a data portal created by Central Health, the City of Austin Health & Human Services Department, and Travis County Health & Human Service and Veterans Service to help community members and policy makers learn about health indicators that affect the health and quality of life of Austin Travis County (33.8% Latino) residents.

Healthy ATC focuses on the four priority health indicators in their area which include diabetes, tobacco, obesity, and HIV. It provides local health data, resources, best practices, news articles and information about community events. Their goal is to strengthen and build healthier communities through the provision of state-of the art web-based assessment and improvement tools to support the systematic adoption, implementation, and evaluation of successful programs, practices, and policy changes.

In order to reduce health disparities, it is critical to address inequities in programs, practices, and policies. Join our site, connect with others, and get involved.

Technology continues to gain popularity as an effective method to educate, engage, and empower residents to not only to adopt a healthier lifestyle, but to start or support a healthy environmental, systems, or policy change in their community. For example, community groups, schools, health associations, chambers of commerce, tourism, master planners, government, and many other organizations can use this interactive website’s data, tools, and resources to identify health disparities, show opportunities for improvement, and establish equitable strategies and goals to implement policy changes.

Data and community partnerships are key in starting and supporting changes to improve health.

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