Getting Started using PolicyMap

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This session is specifically created for PHDL members. If you are not part of the program, feel free to attend but know that the focus will be on the staff whose organizations are members. Please access https://www.nnlm.gov/membership/phdl if you want to verify membership.

As PolicyMap is included in the Public Health Digital Library collection this session will cover basic processes for using PolicyMap and creating maps with the thousands of data indicators available from PolicyMap.

Dr. Jazmyne McNeese, Senior Data Analyst, at PolicyMap will be presenting. 

There will also be time for questions and answers following the presentation portion of the session. 

Objectives:

This session will cover:

  • Navigating the user interface to search data indicators and develop maps based on geographic areas including editing ranges, changing criteria, and customizing colors, to show specific information
  • Creating maps with custom boundaries and/or regions
  • Finding and highlighting specific data sets
  • Creating multi-layer maps to overlay up to 5 layers of data
  • Accessing reports, tables
  • Seeing the data loader in action via a user story
  • Downloading data from PolicyMap that you have created
  • Pulling data sets from PolicyMap without looking at them

Class Details

Date(s): June 11, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Platform: Zoom
CE Credits: 0.00
This class is sponsored by NPHCO.

Class Contacts

Host/Instructor: Cecilia Vernes
Technical Assistance: Cecilia Vernes

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