This dataset was collected as part of a planned evaluation of New York City’s proposed soda portion cap policy. Data was collected in three waves. Wave 1 was conducted between January and April 2013; Wave 2 was conducted between August and November 2013; and Wave 3 was conducted between January and June 2014. A total of 11,614 adults participated. Point-of-purchase receipt and survey data was collected...

Point-of-purchase receipt and survey data was collected from 1,156 adults at fast food restaurants in order to measure the impact of a New York City law mandating the labeling of calories in all chain restaurants. The data was collected over a four week period in 2008 both before and after the law was implemented. Data was collected in two locations: in New York City, where the law was implemented,...

This data was generated during a study to evaluate how the installation of water jets (drinking water dispensers) in New York City public schools affected student consumption of water and milk. Data was collected from 9 schools which received the intervention and 10 comparison (control) schools at three points: pre-intervention/baseline in November 2010, 3.5 months after installation in March 2011,...

From 2020 through 2021, the Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) Government Measures dataset tracked government responses to the pandemic over time using information compiled by ACAPS analysts and volunteers from the University of Copenhagen and University of Lund. Information was obtained from public sources, including governments, media, United Nations agencies, and other organizations, and are...

This dataset evaluated 17 indicators of government response to COVID-19 to produce an aggregate Stringency Index score calculated by a working group at Oxford University. The indicators assess policies related to containment and closure, the economy, health systems, and vaccination policies. Data was collected between 2020 and 2022 via public sources by faculty, students, and other affiliates of Oxford...

The City Health Dashboard presents city- and/or census tract-level data for over 970 cities across the United States to describe population health within local contexts. Metrics included in the dashboard encompass five broad domains: health outcomes, social and economic factors, health behavior, physical environment, and clinical care. The underlying data originates from a combination of publicly-available...

Between March 2020 and May 2022, Gallup conducted a web survey on members of the Gallup Panel, a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults aged 18 and above, to assess attitudes and behaviors related to the COVID-19 pandemic. From March 13 through April 26, 2020, approximately 1,200 responses were collected daily from a randomly selected sample of panel members. From April 27 to August 16,...

The Emergency Use Authorization Database (EUAdb) contains information from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on emergency use authorizations (EUA) for RT-qPCR (real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction) molecular testing protocols. The source documentation can be found on the FDA website. To create the EUAdb, information from the authorization letters and EUA summaries were...

The State Health Policy Research Dataset (SHEPRD) covers annual state trends in the adoption of public health laws between 1980 and 2010, inclusive. As described in the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), laws of interest were seatbelt laws, speed limits for passenger vehicles on rural interstates, minimum legal drinking ages, drunk driving laws, laws prohibiting...

This dataset was collected to compare cannabis and alcohol policies for localities (N = 241) within 12 California counties. The investigators collected and coded the legal text to compare overall restrictiveness and nine specific provisions that applied to both substances: Limits on hours of sale Limits on advertising Responsible server training requirements Prohibitions on outlet overconcentration Minimum...