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The California Health Interview Survey is the nation's largest state health survey and a key source of data on many underrepresented racial, ethnic and sexual minority groups. This fact sheet details how CHIS data were used to create positive change and to tackle complex health issues by policymakers, researchers, community groups, advocates, the media and others in 2010.