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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- Alternate Title(s)
- NHANES
- Description
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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- Free to All
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- Jiyoung AhnJudith GoldbergLeonardo TrasandeLorna E. ThorpeNiyati ParekhTerry Gordon
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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- Alternate Title(s)
- BRFSS
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The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a collection of health-related telephone surveys distributed to United States residents aged 18 and older 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 US territories about US residents regarding their...
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Chronic DiseaseHealth StatusPopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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National Health Interview Survey
- Alternate Title(s)
- 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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New York City Community Health Survey
- Alternate Title(s)
- CHS, NYC CHS
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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.
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Chronic DiseaseMental HealthPopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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- Free to All
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- Stella Yi
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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
- Description
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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Health StatusMental HealthPopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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Monitoring the Future
- Alternate Title(s)
- MTF
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- Lloyd G. JohnstonJerald G. BachmanPatrick M. O'MalleyJohn E. Schulenberg
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The Monitoring the Future annual surveys explore trends and changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyles of contemporary American youth. Each year, 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 a subset of topical questions on a variety of subjects such as attitudes toward...
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Mental HealthPopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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- Free to AllApplication Required
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- Joseph Palamar
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National Youth Tobacco Survey
- Alternate Title(s)
- NYTS
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The National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) provides national data on long-term, intermediate, and short-term indicators key to the design, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive tobacco prevention and control programs. Items measured as part of the NYTS survey include correlates of tobacco use such as demographics, minors' access to tobacco, and exposure to secondhand smoke. The NYTS provides...
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Health StatusPopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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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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NYU Dataset
CHART New York Smoking-Cessation Interventions for Urban Hospital Patients Dataset
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- Donna ShelleyErin RogersScott Sherman
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The Consortium of Hospitals Advancing Research on Tobacco (CHART) is a network of six projects and a coordinating center aimed at assessing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions initiated during hospitalizations and continued post-discharge. The CHART New York Smoking-Cessation Interventions for Urban Hospital Patients trial looked at the effectiveness of a pro-active,...
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Health Care SystemHealth StatusRisk Factors
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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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- Author Approval Required