NYU Data Catalog

Alternate Title(s): NHIS
Description: 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,...
Subject: Cancer

Chronic Disease

COVID-19

Health Care System

Health Status

Mental Health

Population Characteristics

Risk Factors
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Local Expert: Lorna E. Thorpe

Stella Yi

Alternate Title(s): NSDUH
Description: 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...
Subject: Health Status

Mental Health

Population Characteristics

Risk Factors
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Local Expert: Erin Rogers

Joseph Palamar

Alternate Title(s): YRBS
Description: The NYC Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is a subset of the national YRBS conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This survey monitors 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,...
Subject: Health Status

Mental Health

Population Characteristics

Risk Factors
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Local Expert: Kelly V. Ruggles

Description: The Gallup Poll Social Series is a set of public opinion surveys designed to monitor U.S. adults' (aged 18 and up) views on numerous social, economic, and political topics. The topics are arranged thematically across 12 surveys. Gallup administers these surveys during the same month every year and includes the survey's core trend questions in the same order each administration. Using this consistent...
Subject: Population Characteristics
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NYU Dataset

Alternate Title(s): X:BOT
Authors: John Rotrosen

Patricia Novo

Joshua D. Lee
Description: Survey and clinical data were obtained from 570 participants in a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of an extended release injectable naltrexone (XR-NTX, Vivitrol®) against buprenorphine-naloxone (BUP-NX, Suboxone®) as treatments for opioid dependence. The study was conducted in 8 NIDA Clinical Trials Network-affiliated community treatment programs in the United...
Subject: Mental Health
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NYU Dataset

Alternate Title(s): SHEPRD
Authors: Diana R. Silver

James Macinko
Description: 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...
Subject: Health Policy
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NYU Dataset

Authors: Ellicott C. Matthay

Leyla Mousli

Dorie E. Apollonio

Laura A. Schmidt
Description: 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...
Subject: Health Policy

Population Characteristics

Risk Factors
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