#  Children's Optimal Health Maps 

 



   ![COH listing](/sites/g/files/omnuum10826/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/datasmart/files/coh1_preview_feature.jpeg?itok=prohUONh) 

 

A Texas law requires public schools to record fitness data on every student. Through data-sharing agreements with the school districts, COH gathers metrics on BMI and cardiovascular fitness scores that are geo-tagged with social and economic information. COH converts de-identified person-level data to aggregate neighborhood-level maps that illuminate the conditions faced by families and children in the area, all while protecting personal information. Enhanced with other data sets, these maps tell a more complex story of the factors that influence health outcomes - from proximity to fast food restaurants to the stress of high neighborhood crime rates.



 

##  Stats 

Dataset(s): Austin Police Department, Austin Department of Health, Austin Public Schools

Visualization: Map

Jurisdiction: City of Austin

Developed by: Children's Optimal Health

Partners: National Neighborhood Indicators Project



 

 



 [ Project link arrow\_circle\_right ](http://www.cohtx.org/download-a-map/page/2/?action=recentView) 

 

 

 

 

  [### Austin Targets Youth Obesity With Neighborhood-Level Data

 ](/news/article/austin-targets-youth-obesity-with-neighborhood-level-data-531) September 09, 2014 

 September 9, 2014 Public Health This post originally appeared in Stephen Goldsmith's monthly Government Technology column. Children’s Optimal Health (COH) is an Austin, Texas-based nonprofit committed to improving all aspects of health for the city’s... 

 

 

   ![Travis County map showing concentrations of youth obesity in the center near Austin and at the outer county edges](/sites/g/files/omnuum10826/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/datasmart/files/coh2small.jpg?itok=lsq4rfPC)