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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
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- NHANES
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The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. An ongoing annual survey combines interviews and physical examinations. The NHANES interview includes demographic, socioeconomic, dietary, and health-related questions. The examination component consists of medical, dental,...
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Health StatusPopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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- Jiyoung AhnJudith GoldbergLeonardo TrasandeLorna E. ThorpeNiyati ParekhTerry Gordon
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New York City Health and Nutrition Examination Study
- Alternate Title(s)
- NYC HANES
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- Lorna E. Thorpe
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The NYC Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NYC HANES), modeled on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), is a population-based, cross-sectional study with data collected from physical examinations, clinical and laboratory tests, as well as face-to-face interviews and audio computer-assisted self-interviews (ACASI). It was first conducted in 2004 by the NYC Department...
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Chronic DiseaseHealth StatusMental HealthPopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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- Bonnie KerkerRania Kanchi
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National Health Interview Survey
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- NHIS
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The National Health Interview Survey is a cross-sectional household interview survey. Sampling and interviewing are continuous throughout each year. The sampling plan follows a multistage area probability design that permits the representative sampling of households and noninstitutional group quarters (e.g., college dormitories). NHIS addresses topics such as health status, use of health services,...
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CancerChronic DiseaseCOVID-19Health Care SystemHealth StatusMental HealthPopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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- Free to AllFee RequiredApplication Required
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- Lorna E. ThorpeStella Yi
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Health and Retirement Study
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- HRS, University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study
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The University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a longitudinal panel study that surveys a representative sample of more than 26,000 Americans over the age of 50 every two years. The HRS explores the changes in labor force participation and the health transitions that individuals undergo toward the end of their work lives and in the years that follow, collecting information about income,...
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Health Care SystemHealth StatusPopulation Characteristics
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- Erin Rogers
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National Longitudinal Study of Youth
- Alternate Title(s)
- NLSY
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The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are a set of surveys conducted by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to gather information at multiple points in time on the labor market activities and other significant life events of several cohorts of men and women. The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NSLY) consists of the NLSY79 cohort (nationally-representative sample of 12,686 14-22 year olds)...
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Mental HealthPopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
- Alternate Title(s)
- Add Health
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- Kathleen HarrisJ. Richard UdryPeter S. Bearman
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The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) is a longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of adolescents in grades 7-12 in the United States during the 1994-1995 school year. Add Health combines longitudinal survey data on respondents' social, economic, psychological and physical well-being with contextual data on the family, neighborhood, community, school, friendships,...
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Women's Health Initiative
- Alternate Title(s)
- WHI
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The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is a longitudinal national health study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) that focuses on strategies for preventing heart disease, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women in the United States. The study includes data from 161,808 women aged 50-79 years old at the time of enrollment. Available...
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CancerChronic DiseaseGenomicsHealth StatusMental HealthRisk Factors
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- Jeffrey S. BergerLila Nachtigall
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Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
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- ARIC
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- Christie BallantyneLloyd ChamblessJosef CoreshMatthew Davis4 more author(s)...
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The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study is a prospective longitudinal epidemiological study conducted in four communities: Forsyth County (North Carolina), Jackson (Mississippi), Minneapolis (Minnesota), and Washington County (Maryland). ARIC is designed to investigate the causes of atherosclerosis and its clinical outcomes, and variations in cardiovascular risk factors, medical care,...
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Chronic DiseaseHealth Care SystemPopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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- Free to AllFee RequiredApplication Required
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- Saul Blecker
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NYU Dataset
Syndemic Production among Emergent Adult Men: P18 Cohort Study
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- Perry HalkitisFarzana Kapadia
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This ongoing prospective cohort study examines a wide range of individual, social and structural factors as predictors of risk and resilience for behavioral outcomes (e.g., substance use and sexual activity), mental health conditions (e.g., depression, anxiety) and biological outcomes (e.g., HIV seroconversion, viral and bacterial sexually transmitted infections) in a sample of emerging adult men based...
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Infectious DiseaseMental HealthPopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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NYU Dataset
Reaching Immigrants through Community Empowerment
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- Project RICE
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- Nadia S. IslamJennifer M. ZanowiakLaura Wyatt
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Project RICE was a five-year, community-driven initiative to promote diabetes prevention among Korean and South Asian American immigrants at risk for diabetes in New York City using a community health worker (CHW) model approach. Project RICE consisted of two phases, a descriptive study completed in 2010 that informed the design of the pilot intervention and the intervention itself. The descriptive...
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Chronic DiseasePopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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