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  • Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging

    Alternate Title(s)
    SALSA
    Authors
    Mary Haan
    Allison Aiello
    Ladison Hinton
    Bill Jagust
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    Description

    The Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA) project tracked the incidence of physical and cognitive impairment as well as dementia and cardiovascular diseases in elderly Latinos in the Sacramento region. The effects of hypertension, diabetes, and other cardiovascular risk factors, such as nutrition and lifestyle factors, were also examined.

    Subject
    Health Status
    Population Characteristics
    Risk Factors
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    Free to all with registration
    Application Required
  • Los Angeles County Health Survey

    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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    Free to All
    Application Required
  • Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

    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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    Free to All
  • New York City Clinical Data Research Network

    Alternate Title(s)
    NYC-CDRN
    Description

    The New York City Clinical Data Research Network (NYC-CDRN) is a project founded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and is part of the PCORnet program. The NYC-CDRN longitudinal datasets bring together NYC organizations including medical schools, medical centers, research support organizations, and practice-based research networks. The NYC-CDRN datasets include longitudinally...

    Subject
    Delivery of Health Care
    Access Rights
    Application Required
  • Fitnessgram Data from the New York City Department of Education

    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...

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    Population Characteristics
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    Application Required