Research Guides: Public Health 2: Case Studies in Public Health Practice: Data & Statistics, and Sites of Interest

Research Librarian for the Health Sciences, Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacology, Public Health

Hector R. Perez-Gilbe

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National Data and Statistics

CDC - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation's premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services. Established in 1984 with 15 states, BRFSS now collects data in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories. BRFSS completes more than 400,000 adult interviews each year, making it the largest continuously conducted health survey system in the world.
CDC - Data & Statistics Portal National repository of health statistics for the United States
CDC - Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED) The Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases protects public health nationally and internationally through the prevention and control of disease, disability, and death caused by foodborne, waterborne, and environmentally transmitted infections.
CDC - National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is the principal source of information on the health of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States and is one of the major data collection programs of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) which is part of the CDC. The National Health Survey Act of 1956 provided for a continuing survey and special studies to secure accurate and current statistical information on the amount, distribution, and effects of illness and disability in the United States and the services rendered for or because of such conditions. The survey referred to in the Act, now called the National Health Interview Survey, was initiated in July 1957.
CDC - National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) is a nationwide collaboration that enables all levels of public health—local, state, territorial, federal, and international—to share notifiable disease related health information. Public health uses this information to monitor, control, and prevent the occurrence and spread of state-reportable and nationally notifiable infectious and noninfectious diseases and conditions and outbreaks.

National Sites of Interest

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same. CDC increases the health security of our nation. As the nation’s health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish our mission, CDC conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) The National Institutes of Health is made up of 27 different components called Institutes and Centers. Each has its own specific research agenda, often focusing on particular diseases or body systems. All but three of these components receive their funding directly from Congress, and administrate their own budgets. NIH leadership plays an active role in shaping the agency's research planning, activities, and outlook.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) NIAID conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. For more than 60 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world. NIAID is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Local Data & Statistics

California Department of Public Health - Surveillance and Statistics The goals of SSS are to conduct and coordinate statewide surveillance of reported communicable diseases in California, maintain a high level of data accuracy and quality, manage and analyze surveillance data to monitor disease burden and to assist in the development of public health policies, and conduct research related to surveillance of communicable diseases.
California Department of Public Health - Vital Records Data and Statistics Reports data on selected public health indicators chosen in collaboration with local health officers and epidemiologists.
County of Los Angeles Public Health - Statistics, Data & Reports Database of reports and data inventory on various diseases and conditions. Also includes vital statistics
Orange County Health Care Agency Statistics & Reports OC Health Care Agency statistics and reports on birth & death, and communicable diseases.

Local Sites of Interest

Orange County Epidemiology and Assessment The Epidemiology and Assessment unit’s medical directors, public health nurses, and epidemiologists investigate individual cases and outbreaks of reported communicable disease (see List of Reportable Diseases) per the State of California Code of Regulations. We monitor disease trends, and often provide current statistics and other information to doctors, hospitals, the public and news media
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research The Center improves the public’s health through high-quality, objective, and evidence-based research and data that informs effective policymaking. We advance this mission through policy analysis, policy-relevant research, public service, community partnership, media relations, and education.

Disease Specific Data & Statistics

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Diabetes
Heart Disease Statistics and Maps
HIV Statistics Center CDC’S National HIV Surveillance System is the primary source for monitoring HIV trends in the United States. CDC funds and assists state and local health departments to collect the information. Health departments report de-identified data to CDC so that information from around the country can be analyzed to determine who is being affected and why.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
Viral Hepatitis

International & Foreign Sites

Pan American Health Organizations (PAHO) PAHO is the specialized international health agency for the Americas. It works with countries throughout the region to improve and protect people's health. PAHO engages in technical cooperation with its member countries to fight communicable and noncommunicable diseases and their causes, to strengthen health systems, and to respond to emergencies and disasters.
World Health Organization (WHO) Our goal is to build a better, healthier future for people all over the world. Working through offices in more than 150 countries, WHO staff work side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people.