New URL in the House: Healthy Georgia Report Launches Interactive Website
Abstract
Background: In spring 2022, Augusta University’s Institute of Public and Preventive Health released the first Healthy Georgia: Our State of Public Health report. Three subsequent releases of the printed report have coincided with the annual start of Georgia’s legislative session. This timing provides legislators and other key public health actants with an up-to-date snapshot of population health in Georgia. In this workshop, we will provide an overview of the new HealthyGAReport.org website, which will feature the same health conditions as the print version: chronic diseases, communicable diseases, behavioral health, prevention, child health, and more.
Methods: The Healthy Georgia report website, designed with data visualization software Tableau and accessibility in mind, consolidates all the data from previously produced versions of the report into one interactive interface online. The same data sources utilized to provide information for the annually released version of the Healthy Georgia report, such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, National Survey of Children’s Health, and National Violent Death Reporting System, are incorporated in this tool. The new website allows users to filter by a variety of variables, including by health condition, data year, region, race, sex, age, education, income, and rural/urban status.
Results: Building on the momentum of the annual version of the Healthy Georgia report, HealthyGAReport.org puts the power of data into the user’s hands, allowing for expanded capabilities to sort and filter content across all measures. One advantage of the new tool is content is not limited by page count and can be updated as new topics are added.
Conclusion: The Healthy Georgia report website provides public health proponents an easy and effective tool for creating a comprehensive, comparative look at the state’s population health to make informed decisions when developing programs and policies that impact the health of Georgia’s residents.
Keywords
website, chronic diseases, health policy
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New URL in the House: Healthy Georgia Report Launches Interactive Website
Background: In spring 2022, Augusta University’s Institute of Public and Preventive Health released the first Healthy Georgia: Our State of Public Health report. Three subsequent releases of the printed report have coincided with the annual start of Georgia’s legislative session. This timing provides legislators and other key public health actants with an up-to-date snapshot of population health in Georgia. In this workshop, we will provide an overview of the new HealthyGAReport.org website, which will feature the same health conditions as the print version: chronic diseases, communicable diseases, behavioral health, prevention, child health, and more.
Methods: The Healthy Georgia report website, designed with data visualization software Tableau and accessibility in mind, consolidates all the data from previously produced versions of the report into one interactive interface online. The same data sources utilized to provide information for the annually released version of the Healthy Georgia report, such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, National Survey of Children’s Health, and National Violent Death Reporting System, are incorporated in this tool. The new website allows users to filter by a variety of variables, including by health condition, data year, region, race, sex, age, education, income, and rural/urban status.
Results: Building on the momentum of the annual version of the Healthy Georgia report, HealthyGAReport.org puts the power of data into the user’s hands, allowing for expanded capabilities to sort and filter content across all measures. One advantage of the new tool is content is not limited by page count and can be updated as new topics are added.
Conclusion: The Healthy Georgia report website provides public health proponents an easy and effective tool for creating a comprehensive, comparative look at the state’s population health to make informed decisions when developing programs and policies that impact the health of Georgia’s residents.
