The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services. BRFSS collects data in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories. BRFSS collects state data about U.S. residents...

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provides national and state-level data on the use of tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs (including non-medical use of prescription drugs) and mental health in the United States. This annual survey involves interviews with approximately 70,000 randomly selected individuals aged 12 and older. NSDUH is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services...

The surveys' primary purpose is to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of mortality, morbidity, and social problems among youth in New York City. Students complete a self-administered, anonymous questionnaire that measures a variety of behaviors, including tobacco, alcohol and drug use, unintentional injury and violence, sexual behaviors, dietary behaviors,...

This study contains two surveys concerning self-reported use of novel psychoactive substances (NPSs) and other drugs among Electronic Dance Music (EDM) and dance enthusiasts. The first survey was conducted in the summer of 2015. 682 nightclub and festival attendees between 18 and 25 years of age were surveyed as they entered parties. The second survey was conducted in the summer of 2016 on a new group...

The New York City Community Health Survey (CHS) is a telephone survey conducted annually by the DOHMH, Division of Epidemiology, Bureau of Epidemiology Services. CHS provides robust data on the health of New Yorkers, including neighborhood, borough, and citywide estimates on a broad range of chronic diseases and behavioral risk factors.

The Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of the Lifestyles and Values of Youth annual surveys explore changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of contemporary American youth. Each year, large, distinct, nationally representative samples of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students in the United States are asked to respond to drug use and demographic questions, as well as to...

The Framingham Heart Study (FHS) is dedicated to identifying common factors or characteristics that contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD). In 1948, an original cohort of 5,209 men and women between 30 and 62 years old were recruited from Framingham, MA. An Offspring Cohort began in 1971, an Omni Cohort in 1994, a Third Generation Cohort in 2002, a New Offspring Spouse Cohort in 2004 and a Second...

This on-going prospective cohort study examines a wide range of individual-, social- and structural-level factors as predictors of risk and resilience for behavioral outcomes (licit and illicit substance use and sexual activity, etc.), mental health conditions (depressions, anxiety, etc.) and biological outcomes (HIV seroconversion, viral and bacterial STIs) in a NYC metro area based sample of emerging...

The Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health across the U.S. (REACH U.S.) is a CDC effort to eliminate ethnic and racial health disparities. The REACH U.S. Risk Factor Survey was conducted between 2009 and 2013 in order to monitor progress and achievements in the REACH U.S. program. The survey was conducted annually between 2009 and 2013 in 28 REACH U.S. grantee communities to gather health-related...

Schizophrenic patients have a high rate of smoking and cognitive deficits which may be related to a decreased number or responsiveness of nicotinic receptors in their brains. Varenicline is a partial nicotinc agonist which is effects as an anti-smoking drug in cigarette smokers, although concerns have been raised about potential psychiatric side-effects. This data is from a double-blind placebo controlled...