ZSOM 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: Health Care Utilization

Health Status
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Alternate Title(s): CHS, NYC CHS
Description: 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.
Subject: Chronic Disease

Risk Factors
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Alternate Title(s): NYTS
Description: 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...
Subject: Delivery of Health Care

Population Characteristics

Risk Factors
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Alternate Title(s): LACHS
Description: The Los Angeles County Health Survey (LACHS) is a population based telephone survey conducted approximately every three years since 1997 by the Office of Health Assessment & Epidemiology (OHAE) at the Department of Public Health of Los Angeles County. LACHS provides information on adults and children in Los Angeles County about overall health, health care issues, and health indicators of physical...
Subject: Population Characteristics
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Alternate Title(s): YRBSS
Description: The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) collects information about six types of health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including: (1) Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence; (2) Sexual behaviors related to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitting diseases, including HIV infection; (3) Tobacco...
Subject: Population Characteristics

Risk Factors
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Alternate Title(s): NATS
Description: The National Adult Tobacco Survey is a survey conducted by the CDC to provide data on adult tobacco use, knowledge, attitudes, purchasing behaviors, and tobacco use prevention and control policies. It is further intended to provide national data on long-term, intermediate, and short-term indicators key to the design, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive tobacco prevention and control programs....
Subject: Population Characteristics

Risk Factors
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Alternate Title(s): OAI
Description: The Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) is a longitudinal cohort study resource to investigate the natural history of knee osteoarthritis across the spectrum of the disease. The OAI includes clinical data and biospecimens. Data collected includes knee symptoms and function (measured using the West Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) and the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score...
Subject: Chronic Disease

Health Status

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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