Children’s Optimal Health

COH’s approach to mapping proprietary data goes beyond the standard GIS analysis of zip codes and census tracts and delves deeper into the neighborhood level by using data from multiple sources. Aggregation is driven by the characteristics of the data rather than geo-political boundaries. This allows COH and its partner agencies to analyze trends more accurately at the micro level, intervene more effectively and monitor neighborhood change over time.

Completed Projects

Child Obesity by Neighborhood and Middle School: Volume 1 (2007 – 2008)
     In 2007, Austin Independent School District (AISD) and Children’s/AISD Student Health Services approached the newly formed Children’s Optimal Health (COH) collaborative to assist them in raising community awareness about the child obesity epidemic. Knowing the obesity epidemic was not something the district could resolve on its own, AISD sought to reach out to other community partners. The COH Board, understanding the cross cutting impact that obesity has on health, education, and the overall well-being of a child, decided to adopt the obesity project as one of its first Board projects and to feature it in a community summit.

Projects Under Development

Maps for the following projects will be available soon.
- Child Obesity (2008 – 2009)
- Prenatal Care
- Student Achievement and Public/ Subsidized Housing
- Access to Healthcare
- Child Trauma Involving Motor Vehicle Collisions