NYU Data Catalog

Alternate Title(s): MTF
Authors: Lloyd G. Johnston

Jerald G. Bachman

Patrick M. O'Malley

John E. Schulenberg
Description: 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...
Subject: Mental Health

Population Characteristics

Risk Factors
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Local Expert: Joseph Palamar

NYU Dataset

Authors: Brian Elbel
Description: 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,...
Subject: Health Policy

Health Status

Risk Factors
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NYU Dataset

Authors: Brian Elbel
Description: This data was compiled as part of a project to analyze existing administrated data to investigate the impact of the food environment on body mass index BMI. The project aimed to characterize the relationship between population characteristics and the urban food environment, determine the impact of variation in the urban food environment on BMI, and identify interaction effects between demographic characteristics...
Subject: Risk Factors
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Description: This dataset is student-level administrative data. It is compiled by the New York City Department of Education (DOE) as part of their Fitnessgram program. Fitnessgram is a fitness assessment for students K - 12 in the New York City public schools. As a part of this program, data is collected about student height, weight, fitness level, strength, endurance, and flexibility. Data collection began in...
Subject: Population Characteristics
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Local Expert: Brian Elbel

Description: In addition to the aggregate reports available in the NYC Open Data repository, the NYC Department of Education (DOE) provides linkable individual-level administrative datasets to qualified researchers. These datasets include students in grades K - 12 who are enrolled in New York City public schools and school staff. Data may be requested by year or series of years. Below is a listing of datasets...
Subject: Population Characteristics
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NYU Dataset

Authors: Milla Arabadjian

Stephanie Serrato

Mark Sherrid
Description: This dataset was collected as part of a project to assess the availability and utilization of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in schools in New York State, one of a minority of states which require them in public schools. Between January to March 2018, active nurses who were members of the NYS Association of School Nurses were invited to complete an electronic survey in REDCap to provide information...
Timeframe: 2018
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NYU Dataset

Authors: Ryan Richard Ruff

Richard Niederman
Description: The CariedAway project was a cluster randomized pragmatic clinical trial that investigated the non-inferiority of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) versus glass ionomer sealants in the arrest and incidence of dental caries in children when applied through a school-based oral disease prevention program. Secondary objectives of the CariedAway trial were to (1) assess the non-inferiority of SDF when applied...
Subject: Chronic Disease

Health Care System
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