Below is a preview of a few things we'll be sharing!

CA SCDC has a new website + data dashboard

Last week, we announced the launch of our redesigned website and data dashboard!

🔍 Our redesigned site makes it easier to access:

• Information about our program and data
• Communication products
• Tools and resources
• Connect with our program

📊 With our new data dashboard, explore trends in:

• Sickle Cell Disease births
• Hospitalizations & emergency visits
• Acute care utilization
• Population based estimates

YouTube Shorts

We've also launched YouTube shorts on our CA SCDC YouTube channel!

These shorts highlight takeaways from previous webinars.

In the YouTube short (left), Dr. Pat Carroll explains why the word “depression” can mean different things, and why that matters for screening and care in Sickle Cell Disease.

Photoblog for Sickle Cell warriors

People living with Sickle Cell Disease are more than just their disease. Californians living with Sickle Cell Disease and their caregivers have diverse lives.

In Hope for the Journey, our photoblog details the experiences, challenges, and triumphs of those individuals.

We hope our photoblog serves as a tool to start conversations, inform actions and behaviors that improve health, and build connections.

Stay tuned and follow along as we post throughout Sickle Cell Awareness Month!

The CA SCDC Team

Connecting data to action for Sickle Cell communities across California

California SCDC aims to improve access to healthcare, reduce health disparities, and increase awareness of the disease by providing data, conducting analyses, and communicating information to SCD partners throughout the state.

We invite you to stay tuned and welcome all questions and comments about our program here!

This work is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DD-23-0002 Sickle Cell Data Collection Program, Award Number NU58DD000039