Additional Existing Data Resources for DrPH Students
Secondary data and resources can be found at the local, state, regional, federal and international levels. Walden University maintains information via the Research Center that includes access and information to specific secondary data resources as well as providing a tutorial on Secondary Data Analysis.
Examples of major secondary data sources can be found below at State/National and International Levels. In addition, individual public health departments, other state public health agencies, nonprofit organizations, registries, hospitals or other health care facilities may collect data that could be searched for and possibly used as a secondary data resource.
- Big Data and Analytics for Infectious Disease Research, Operations, and Policy: Proceedings of a WorkshopYou can download a free PDF document.
- National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity ResearchThe National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research is a partnership between the CDC, NIH, RWJF, and USDA (the four largest funders in childhood obesity research). This fantastic collaborative has produced the following projects and tools:
• Measure Registry: a web-based online repository of over 1,000 articles on more than 100 discrete measures related to diet and physical activity.
• Catalogue of surveillance systems: an online too providing one-stop access to over 100 publicly available datasets relevant to childhood obesity research
• Registry of studies: a web-based database that houses descriptions of significant outcome studies, including detailed information on design of each study, measures, content areas, and populations studied. - Gateway to Global Aging DataThe Gateway to Global Aging Data provides free, easy-to-use individual-level longitudinal data files tailored for cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis which contain a set of comparably defined variables representing people approximately 50+ in more than 35 countries.