About CalSHARE Data Hub
Who is behind CalSHARE?
The CalSHARE Data Hub was developed in partnership by the California Department of Public Health's Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health. Funding is provided by the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Axis Maps is the map and web developer that created the visualizations that power CalSHARE.
How were CalSHARE data points selected?
The CalSHARE Data Hub offers data points at the neighborhood, county, and state that paint a picture of the health, safety, and wellbeing of California communities. Data points include a range of the socio-behavioral, structural, systematic factors that drive health equity and many public health priorities.
Data indicators included in the CalSHARE span across five domains:
- Protective environments
- Child and youth development
- Economic security
- Leadership for women, girls, and gender diverse people
- Community leadership and engagement
These domains represent the prioritized strategy areas of the CDPH/IVPB 's violence prevention programs for promoting community safety and addressing the common root causes of domestic violence, sexual violence, child maltreatment, and suicide in California. Evidence suggests that violence in its multiple forms is interconnected, and community safety promotion should target the shared risk and protective factors across these forms of violence.
Data sources were chosen based on availability and relevance to the underlying social and environmental factors that contribute to community resilience and strength specific to each domain. Many of the social and environmental characteristics are not only relevant to safety and the creation of violence-free communities, but also to a wide range of other public health and health equity priorities.
In addition to providing data on common, upstream risk and protective factors for multiple forms of violence, one of the strengths of CalSHARE is the availability of local data - data that represents the population at the census tract and county-level across California. Local data allows for locally relevant insights on community strengths and needs.
Acknowledgements
This website is funded by the California Department of Public Health under contracts 20-10737 (2021-2023) and 22-10916 (2023-2024). © 2024 California Department of Public Health.
Axis Maps is the map and web developer that created the visualizations that power CalSHARE.
Contact Us
The CalSHARE Data Hub is evolving to meet the needs of California’s practitioners and data users. We welcome your feedback! Contact us at boyce.researchgroup@berkeley.edu with any questions or suggestions.