Healthy Places Stories

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Healthy Places Stories

Healthy Places Stories allows you to transform complex data into compelling narratives. This powerful tool helps community partners, business leaders, decisionmakers, academics, and other stakeholders present information in ways that are accessible, memorable, and persuasive.

Viewing Healthy Places Stories:

1. Click here to access the gallery.

2. Click the story you want to view.

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3. Once the story is open, click the “View Story” button under the story title as shown in the picture here.

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Creating a Healthy Places Story:

We invite you to explore Healthy Places Stories and craft your own story to communicate data insights with impact.

How to craft a story:

  1. Define a clear purpose and objective for your data narrative.

    Identify what impact you want your story to achieve. Do you want to raise awareness, highlight a success, or create a call to action?

  2. Identify your target audience.

    Consider key questions about this audience: Who are they? What are their needs and interests? What do they already understand about the topic? Your audience might include community partners, business leaders, decision makers, and more. 

  3. Select the right data.

    Healthy Places Stories includes an interactive map that displays data from the Utah HPI. Explore the Utah HPI data to find indicators that support your story. 

  4. Structure your story.

    Organize your story in three parts. 

    1. Beginning: an introduction that clearly presents the issue and why it matters.
    2. Middle: show your key data and explain what it reveals. 
    3. End: include a meaningful call to action that tells your audience exactly what they can do in response. 

  5. Visualize the data.

    Healthy Places Stories lets you add photos, audio clips, and videos to support your data. Think about which types of media will best help people connect with the data. 

How to create an account:

Use this contact form to request information on how to create a Healthy Places Stories  account. Our team is happy to share our expertise through customized trainings and technical assistance. Reach out to [email protected] for more information.