Selecting Data for a CHNA: Five Best Practices
Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) have evolved in many ways over the last ten years. We’re excited to share 5 best practices we’ve learned for selecting CHNA data.
Poverty Awareness Month with SparkMap
January is Poverty in America Awareness Month. In 2022, 11.5% of Americans and 15% of children under the age of 18 lived below the federal poverty threshold. In this video, we show you poverty-specific indicators available on SparkMap, create a custom-area Community Needs Assessment, and examine how this data can serve as a foundation for…
SparkMap’s 2023 in Review
A record number of maps and Community Needs Assessments were created on SparkMap in 2023. Read more to learn about the top 5 layers and indicator categories utilized.
2020 Decennial Census of Population and Housing on SparkMap
In this webinar, we discuss background information on the United States Decennial Census, highlight multiple free layers available in the SparkMap Map room, and guide you through a use case using the Population Living in Group Quarters indicator in the Community Needs Assessment.
Where’s the Food? Part Two: Food Retailer Distribution Rates
This blog is part two of our Where’s the Food series. Our last blog, Where’s the Food? Part One: Finding and Using Data on Specific Food Retailer Locations discussed SparkMap’s USDA data on supermarket and farmer’s market locations. Now we’re shifting the focus to finding and utilizing data on food distribution rates. We will discuss: …
Tour the Refreshed SparkMap Site
Take a tour of the SparkMap website refreshed in January 2023. In this video, useful for new and returning SparkMap Subscribers, we provide some tips of how to navigate SparkMap, highlight new features like topic-based Community Needs Assessments and Maps, and walk through enhanced support materials. We also showcase the new logged in user dashboard…
Community Assessment 101
Our Community Assessment tool provides those in healthcare, non-profit, and local governments with the data they need to make reports highlighting community needs and areas for improvement. Let’s create a Community Assessment in 6 easy steps!