19. Datasets to Identify, Understand, and Address the Population’s Health, Influences on Health, and Health Outcomes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• In Event: 265 - Research Funding Opportunities and Data Resources (part of the Research Support Forum)

Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is the nation’s principal health statistics agency, providing data to identify and address health issues. Data sets available from NCHS include the: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), National Health Interview Survey-Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Survey, National Health Interview Survey, National Care Interview Survey, National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality File, National Health Examination and Nutrition Survey (NHANES), National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), National Vital Statistics System including birth data, mortality data, fetal death data, linked births/infant death program, National Mortality Followback Survey, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), National Electronic Health Records Survey, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey-Physician Workflow Survey, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), National Hospital Care Survey, National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, National Survey of Children in Non-Parental Care, and the National Survey of the Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD and Tourette Syndrome. Additionally, NCHS surveys can be linked to the National Death Index. These health data sets can be used to: document the health status of the U.S. population and selected subgroups; identify disparities in health status and use of health care by race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, region, and other population characteristics; document access to the health care system; monitor trends in health status and health care delivery; identify health behaviors and associated risk factors; support biomedical and health services research; provide data to support public policies and programs; evaluate the impact and effectiveness of health policies and programs and address many other research questions.

Authors

• Virginia S. Cain, Centers for Disease and Control Prevention

• Juanita J. Chinn, Princeton University