California Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (CalBRACE)
CalBRACE is a project through California Department of Public
Health (CDPH) that aims to enhance the agency’s capability to
plan for and reduce health risks associated with climate change.
The CalBRACE project focuses on preparing for three main climate
impacts: increasing temperature/extreme heat, wildfire, and sea
level rise (including flooding). The project aims to enhance
preparedness and resilience at the state and local levels to the
threats and changes posed by climate change. Climate Change and
Health Profile Reports were created to prepare counties for the
health impacts related to climate change through adaptation
planning.
Climate Change and Health Profile Reports:
California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool
(CalEnviroScreen)
The California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool
(CalEnviroScreen) is a science-based screening tool developed by
the California Environmental Protection Agency’s (Cal/EPA) Office
of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) that can be
used to help identify California communities that are
disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution.
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Planning
Caltrans’ Division of Transportation Planning articulates a
long-term vision for California’s transportation system and
implements statewide transportation policy through partnerships
with State, regional, and local agencies. The Division provides
quality Planning Products, Services, and Information to support
and guide transportation investment decisions.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), is the nation’s
largest state health survey it provides data from Californians
and about the state’s racial and ethnic groups. The survey
provides yearly insights on population health. Two data query
systems are part of CHIS: AskCHIS and AskCHIS Neighborhood
Edition. AskCHIS allows users to search for health statistics at
the county, region, and state level. AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition
is a data visualization and dissemination platform that allows
searching at smaller geographies such as, zip code, city, county,
legislative districts to produce tables, thematic maps, and bar
charts.
California Healthy Places Index (HPI)
The Public Health Alliance has developed a composite index to
identify cumulative health disadvantages across California. The
purpose of the Healthy Places Index (HPI) is to prioritize public
and private investments, resources, and programs. HPI includes
diverse non-medical economic, social, political, and
environmental factors that influence physical and cognitive
function, behavior and disease. These factors are often called
either health determinants or social determinants of health and
form the root causes of disadvantage.
California Heat Assessment Tool
The California Heat Assessment Tool, funded by the California
Natural Resources Agency, was developed for local and state
health practitioners to understand heat vulnerabilities driven by
climate change and where action can be taken to mitigate public
health impacts of extreme heat in the future.
California Protected Areas Data Portal
The California Protected Areas Data Portal provides a detailed
GIS inventory of all parks and open space owned by agencies and
non-profits in California and serves as a resource to assess
access and proximity.
Governor’s Office of Planning and Research: General Plan
Guidelines for Healthy Communities
The Office of Planning and Research publishes General Plan
Guidelines, which include a section on building Healthy
Communities. The guidelines include a general analysis on a
number of topic areas, as well as links to sources of health
related data.
Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project (HCI)
California Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity
developed the Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project
(HCI) which provides standardized sets of statistical measures,
data, and tools on the social determinants of health in
California. The project’s goal is to provide datasets and tools
that inform agencies across a variety of sectors in order for
them to plan for healthy communities and evaluate the impact of
plans, projects, policy, and environmental changes on community
health.
Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS)
The Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) is a tool that
provides access to California crash data, the Statewide
Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS) that has been geocoded
to map out crashes.