Community Health Center: Core Data Project, 2001-2002 (ICPSR 21520)

Published: Apr 4, 2013

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Principal Investigator(s):
Judith B. Bradford, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Fenway Community Health

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21520.v1

Version V1

Summary

A survey was administered to any patient that presented for services at a health center between 2001 and 2002. Patients were asked to complete a brief survey with questions relating to demographic, relationship status, reason for choosing this health center, mental health status, and abuse history.

Citation

Bradford, Judith B. Community  Health Center: Core Data Project, 2001-2002. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-04-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21520.v1

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Funding

Fenway Community Health. Fenway Institute

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Time Period(s)

2001 -- 2002

Date of Collection

2001 -- 2002

Data Collection Notes

To protect the confidentiality of respondents, all variables that could be used to identify individuals have been collapsed or recoded on the public use files. These modifications should not affect analytic uses of the public use files.

Modifications were made to the survey during the collection period. Both versions of the survey instruments are available.

The survey was completed by 3,103 patients during the data collection period. The survey was administered by Patient Registration staff at the time of patient registration.

Study Purpose

The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of collecting gender identity and sexual orientation data at a community health center to better understand how these characteristics were related to patients' self-reported life experiences, and to explore how this information could be used to improve patient care.

Study Design

Individuals seen during a 12-months period completed a one-page, voluntary questionnaire at intake.

Sample

Any patient presenting for care was given the opportunity to complete the survey.

Universe

All individuals aged 18 and older living in 6 New England states.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

Data Source

agency-sponsored

Data Type(s)

survey data

Mode of Data Collection

computer-assisted self interview (CASI)

self-enumerated questionnaire

Description of Variables

Significant demographic variables include gender, transgender, sexual orientation, relationship status, annual income, and education. Abuse history variables include whether a person was a victim and/or perpetrator. Discrimination experiences relating to sexual orientation status were included. Other key topics included use of alcohol and other drugs, discrimination, smoking, and mental health.

Presence of Common Scales

Several response categories were used.

Original Release Date

2013-04-04

Version Date

2013-04-04

Version History

2013-04-04 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Performed consistency checks.
  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
  • Standardized missing values.
  • Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.

Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

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