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Diabetes Mortality Impact Project
Background. A team of interns on The Community Data Internship at BroadStreet Institute completed an impact project examining diabetes mellitus (DM) mortality rates in the U.S. during the June 2025 cohort (June - August 2025). Big Picture Goal : Reduce the mortality rate of DM in the U.S. Our Objective : By the end of the internship cohort, donate to a non-profit organization that tackles DM mortality rates, or an intermediate outcome, through an evidence-based intervention

Shamini V De Silva
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Public Health Advocacy 101
How Do We Advocate for Public Health STEP-by-STEP Table of Contents: Advocating for Public Health Am I allowed to Advocate? LINGO 101: What is “Advocacy”? STEP 1. WHO are my elected officials? STEP 2. HOW do I contact my elected officials? STEP 3. WHEN should I contact my elected officials? Reminders Examples Text Here Letter Writing Steps The Letter Advocating for Public Health Advocate Now! Advocating is when you share your views and expertise with elected officials. Advoc

Shamini V De Silva
Dec 19, 20255 min read


Community Data Internship - September Cohort 2025
Three months ago we welcomed 58 new Community Data Interns to the BroadStreet Institute. Together with teammates and leaders they have explored data in the United States on leading causes of death (Wonder Track) and maternal mortality (Maternal & Infant Health Track) to uncover areas of opportunity for data-guided donations and advocacy for policymakers. 🎉 Congrats to the 2025 September Cohort for wrapping up your 14 week internship! ❤️ Maternal & Infant Health: Alyssa Monde

Tracy Flood
Dec 16, 20251 min read


Data Challenge: Uninsured in America
Workshop Chapters Recorded live Dec 9 2025, timestamps are below 00:00:00:00 Intro 00:01:24:11 Disclosure & Background 00:03:42:09 Outline & Learning Objectives 00:08:19:06 Why are we here? 00:09:57:20 The Plan 00:10:47:14 Data Hunt for Uninsured Rates 00:23:54:00 DATA CHALLENGE START 00:34:56:20 PORTFOLIO PROJECT 1: Infogram 00:34:56:20 PORTFOLIO PROJECT 2: 1-Pager for Elected Official 🎯 The Data Challenge Create a shareable portfolio project highlighting uninsured rates i

Tracy Flood
Dec 16, 20252 min read


Design Kit: Word Art
Creating word art in Canva using American Community Survey data and fractions.

Tracy Flood
Nov 30, 20253 min read


🔍 Data Hunt: Food Insecurity in America
Free, publicly available data on indicators for food insecurity in the United States. Data Ecosystem The data ecosystem can be divided into sources of data and curators of data. Sources of data are shared, original datasets created through surveys, calculations of the environment, etc. Curators of data gather indicators from many sources Sources of Data American Community Survey (ACS) Map the Meal Gap PLACES Project School Lunch Program Food Access Research Atlas (FARA) Cur

Tracy Flood
Nov 19, 20253 min read
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