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Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Depression and Insulin Resistance in Adolescents (ICPSR 251503)
Released/updated on: 2026-08-10
Geographic coverage: Colorado, United States, Maryland, United States
Time period: 2022-01-01--2024-12-31
This study, supported by the National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health (NCCIH) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is a multisite, pilot randomized controlled trial implemented at four sites in preparation for a future multisite efficacy trial assessing the effects of a 6-week group mindfulness-based intervention (MBI), relative to another active treatment (cognitive-behavioral therapy; CBT) and a didactic, health education control group (HealthEd), on depression and insulin resistance, as well as stress-related behavior and stress physiology. Specific aims of the current project are to: (1) Test multisite fidelity of training and implementation of 6-week group MBI, CBT, and HealthEd, to adolescents at-risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) with depression symptoms; (2) Evaluate multisite feasibility and acceptability of recruitment, retention, and adherence for a protocol involving randomization to 6-week group MBI, CBT, or HealthEd with 6-week/post-treatment follow-up and 1-year follow-up; and (3) Modify intervention training/implementation and protocol procedures in preparation for a future fully-powered multisite randomized controlled efficacy trial. Ultimately, this research will inform a complementary and integrative healthcare approach to adolescents at high-risk for T2D.
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Using Topic Segmentation to Enhance Concept Parsing and Identification of Negations [Methods Study], Massachusetts, 2019-2023 (ICPSR 39740)
Released/updated on: 2026-03-23
Geographic coverage: United States, Massachusetts
Time period: 2019-01-01--2023-12-31
Clinical notes in electronic health records, or EHRs, may contain information that can help researchers study and compare treatments. But it takes researchers a lot of time to find information in EHR notes.
Natural language processing, or NLP, methods can help researchers find information in EHR notes. With NLP, computer programs read and identify written language to make it easier to sort and study. But in EHR notes, some sentences may contain more than one topic. Also, EHR notes may discuss a single topic over many sentences. In these cases, current NLP methods don't work well to find complete and accurate information about a specific topic.
In this study, the research team developed and tested new NLP methods to identify topics from EHR notes.
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Healthy Schools Program Evaluation, 2006-2014 (ICPSR 33541)
Released/updated on: 2024-02-14
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2006-01-01--2014-12-31
These data were collected as part of the evaluation of the Healthy School Program (HSP), a program that provides support to elementary, middle, and high schools in the United States as they work to create healthy school environments that promote physical activity and healthy eating for students and staff. HSP was created in 2006 by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The HSP evaluation addressed both process and impact outcomes:
Is the HSP technical assistance and training model effective in increasing the implementation of policies and programs that promote and provide access to healthier foods and more physical activity before, during and after school?
Are there distinctive or common school-level characteristics that hasten or hinder school-level implementation of policies and programs that promote and provide access to healthy foods and physical activity in the school setting in HSP schools?
Does participation in HSP contribute to an increase in healthy eating behaviors and physical activity participation among students? Does participation in HSP contribute to a decrease in body mass index (BMI) among students?
The evaluation used a mixed-method design incorporating both quantitative and qualitative components. The quantitative component of the evaluation was a longitudinal design that measured student changes in eating and physical activity behaviors and BMI and schools' implementation of policies and practices promoted by HSP. For the qualitative component the evaluation team conducted site visits in a sample of HSP schools.
Nine data files constitute this data collection:
HSP Participation and Inventory Data File, 2006-2011 (originally called the Inventory Data File)
Pilot Student Survey Data File
Pilot Student Height and Weight Measurements Data File
Survey of Students in Boston and Miami-Dade Public Schools Data File
HSP Participation and Inventory Data File, 2006-2014
Arizona, Prince George's County and Nevada Healthy Schools Youth Survey Data File
Arizona and Prince George's County Youth Height and Weight Measurements Data File
Arizona Academic Achievement Data File
Prince George's County School Wellness Coordinator Survey Data File
Dataset 1 contains data on school characteristics, HSP engagement indicators, baseline and follow-up responses to the Healthy Schools Inventory, and indices derived from the Inventory for all HSP schools as of August 2011. The Inventory collected information about each school's adherence to the Healthy Schools Program Framework, a set of best practice guidelines that promote physical activity and healthy eating among students and staff.
Datasets 2, 4 and 6 contain data from baseline and follow-up administrations of the Healthy Schools Youth Survey questionnaire in three samples of HSP schools: students in grades 5-12 in the initial pilot cohort of HSP schools; students in grades 5, 8 and 10 in the 2007-2008 cohort of HSP schools in Boston, Massachusetts and Miami-Dade County, Florida; and students in grades 5, 8 and 10 or 11 in HSP schools in Arizona, Nevada and Prince George's County, Maryland. Topics covered by the Healthy Schools Youth Survey questionnaire include eating and physical activity habits, attitudes about healthy eating and physical activity, health knowledge, and school food environments.
Datasets 3 and 7 contain baseline and follow-up height and weight measurements and derived BMIs, the former for students in grades 4-12 in schools sampled by the Pilot Student Survey and the latter for students in grades 5, 8, and 10 in Arizona and grades 1-12 in Prince George's County in schools sampled by the Arizona, Prince George's County and Nevada Healthy Schools Youth Survey.
Dataset 5 is an update to Dataset 1. Like Dataset 1 it contains data on HSP participation and engagement and school characteristics. Dataset 5 covers 8,500 schools that participated in HSP through fall 2014. It includes 4,028 of the 4,542 schools in Dataset 1.
Dataset 8 contains average math, reading and language scores for grades in HSP and comparable non-HSP schools in Arizona. Every record in the data file represents a grade (one or more of the grades 2-9) within a school (150 schools) for a given school year (up to seven years 2007-2008 to 2013-2014).
Dataset 9 contains data from a survey of HSP school coordinators in Prince Georges County. The coordinators were interviewed about the implementation of HSP in their schools.
ICPSR did not receive the site visit data.
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New Jersey Childhood Obesity Study, 2009-2010 (ICPSR 34364)
Released/updated on: 2024-02-14
Geographic coverage: Camden, New Brunswick, United States, Newark, Trenton, New Jersey, Vineland
Time period: 2009-01-01--2010-12-31
This survey was conducted as part of the New Jersey Childhood Obesity Study, a project designed to provide vital information for planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions aimed at preventing childhood obesity in five New Jersey municipalities: Camden, Newark, New Brunswick, Trenton, and Vineland. Conducted among households with 3-18 year old children in the 5 cities, the survey interviewed the adult who made most of the decisions about food shopping in each household. The survey examined perceptions about food and physical activity environments in the five cities, investigated barriers related to access to healthy food and physical activity facilities, and collected information on the height and weight and food and physical activity behaviors of the cities' 3-18 year old children and the adult respondents. In addition, the survey collected demographic information about the household members.
Four linkable datasets contain the survey data: the Household File, Index Child File, Adult File, and All Child File. The Household File covers household and neighborhood characteristics, while the Index Child File describes the characteristics and behaviors of a randomly selected 3-18 year old child in the household, who is designated the "index child" and is the primary unit of analysis. The Adult File comprises characteristics and behaviors of the adult respondent, and, lastly, the All Child File covers a few characteristics of all children aged 3-18 in the household.
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Youth, Education, and Society Supplement: School Health Policies and Practices Survey, 2006-2014 (ICPSR 36350)
Released/updated on: 2024-02-14
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2006-01-01--2014-12-31
The Youth, Education, and Society (YES) study was conducted as part of the Bridging the Gap initiative, a national research project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to improving the understanding of how policies and environmental policies influence diet, physical activity and obesity among youth, as well as youth tobacco use. YES surveyed secondary schools participating in the Monitoring the Future study and a larger supplementary sample of secondary schools. This data collection covers only the latter sample. The YES Supplement consists of annual surveys of school administrators in representative samples of middle schools and high schools, beginning with the 2006-2007 school year and ending with the 2013-2014 school year. Topics covered by the YES Supplement questionnaire include school characteristics, school nutrition and physical education policies, school lunch programs, and school vending machines, stores and snack bars.
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Project HealthDesign: iN Touch - Obese Teens and Young Adults Using Mobile Devices to Track Observations of Daily Living, 2011 (ICPSR 36026)
Released/updated on: 2024-02-14
Geographic coverage: San Francisco, United States, California
Time period: 2011-01-01--2011-12-31
This study examined the potential of collecting observations of daily living (ODLs) via mobile devices for youths who are managing obesity and are at risk for depression and anxiety. Leveraging TheCarrott.com (thecarrot.com) utilities and data storage platform, the iN Touch design team developed an application for the iPod Touch that study participants used to record their physical activity, food intake, socialization and mood. Study participants shared this information with their lay health coaches and collaboratively set goals with them. The data file contains the ODL information collected with the iPod Touch application.
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Metabolic measures in adolescents with obesity (ICPSR 157764)
Released/updated on: 2022-01-03
Geographic coverage: Denver, Colorado, United States, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Project description: The study is to measure energy expenditure in obese youth. Clinical, laboratory and indirect calorimetry data from youth with overweight and obesity enrolled in metabolic studies at the university of Colorado and Vanderbilt University are included. Data are from individuals between age 12 years and 21 years, BMI equal to or greater than 85th percentile or BMIz equal to or greater than 1.04 for age and sex, pubertal stage as Tanner 1 - Tanner 5, and no known genetic, structural, or injurious cause of obesity. Youth with PCOS or T2D were included. CHCO included data from 7 unique studies, including one retrospective report, and 7 prospective trials, including NCT030411329, NCT03717935, NCT03919929, NCT02157974, NCT04128995; two studies do not have NCT identification. VUMC included NCT02411461. Study Approval: The study protocols were approved by the respective institutional review boards. Informed consent was obtained from all participants 18 years or older and parental consent and participant assent from all participants <18 years old. Physical characteristics and body composition Body weight and stature were measured to the nearest kilogram and centimeter. BMI was calculated and BMI z-score (BMIz) was determined based on CDC age and sex-based equations. Waist circumference was measured at the narrowest circumference in cm. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) was used to measure lean mass (LM), fat mass (FM), and fat free mass (FFM) – all listed in kg. DXA equipment included Hologic (Discovery, Delphi, and Horizon) at University of Colorado and Lunar Prodigy, GE Medical Systems, Madison, WI at VUMC. Resting energy expenditure Morning fasted indirect calorimetry was collected after a period of at least 30 minutes of supine resting in all participants. Equipment was V Max Encore Carefusion Corp, San Diego CA at University of Colorado, Parvomedics at VUMC. Measured resting energy expenditure is listed in kcal/day, respiratory quotient Laboratory measures: Free fatty acids were measured with enzymatic assay by WaKo Chemicals USA, and listed in UEQ/L. Fasting glucose is listed in mg/dL and fasting insulin in mIU/L.
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Multi-Network Practice and Outcome Variation Examination Study (MPROVE) in 6 United States, 2012-2013 (ICPSR 36447)
Released/updated on: 2020-01-27
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2012-01-01--2012-12-31
Local health departments (LHDs) have essential roles in promoting physical activities intended to reduce obesity. The resulting array of community interventions includes activities such as community education, school-based programs, individual services, and healthy built environments. Little research exists, however, regarding how these interventions impact community health. Our objective was to explore associations between physical activity (PA) program approaches with local prevalence rates of obesity and PA engagement. Unique public health services data on obesity prevention were obtained from 218 LHDs from six states in 2012. This subset of the MPROVE study investigated the reach, volume, and scope of public health delivery in the area of chronic disease prevention of obesity. The Public Health Activities and Services Tracking (PHAST) team continues to refine the MPROVE measures in consultation with public health practitioners and researchers, with hopes of standardizing a nationwide system for reporting public health activities and services. The Multi-Network Public Health Practice and Outcome Variation Examination (MPROVE) study supports six established public health practice-based research networks (PBRNs) in implementing a collaborative research study of local public health delivery using the collective infrastructure of multiple PBRNs. Each PBRN comprises multiple local and state public health agencies that operate within the state, along with a university-based research center located in the state. The research project will involve creation of a multi-network registry of local public health delivery measures and analysis of the measures to investigate geographic variation in service delivery across a large and diverse collection of public health settings represented within the networks of the participating PBRNs. The study will focus on public health delivery measures in three domains of activity: communicable disease control, chronic disease prevention, and environmental health protection. While not comprehensive, these three domains are representative of the breadth of activities carried out by public health systems across the U.S. and are designed to address priority population health outcomes. These domains also represent areas where significant measurement development activities are already underway within one or more public health PBRNs that can be expanded and replicated across networks.
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Efficacy of a mindful-eating programme to reduce emotional eating in patients suffering from overweight or obesity in primary care settings: a cluster-randomized controlled clinical trial protocol (ICPSR 111741)
Released/updated on: 2019-09-09
Geographic coverage: Aragon, Spain
Time period: 2019-04-01--2020-09-30
Background: Mindfulness-based interventions have been applied in different fields to improve physical and psychological health. However, little is known about their applicability and efficacy in Spanish adults with overweight/obesity. The aim of the present study protocol is to evaluate the effectiveness of an adapted mindfulness eating (ME) programme to reduce emotional eating in adults with overweight/obesity in primary care (PC) settings. Methods: A randomized controlled trial will be conducted with approximately 72 adults with overweight or obesity from four PC centres in the city of Zaragoza, Spain. Patients will be randomly allocated (1:1) into two groups: “ME + treatment as usual (TAU)” and “TAU alone”, clustered by their corresponding PC centre. The ME programme will be composed of seven sessions delivered by a specifically trained psychologist, and TAU will be offered by general practitioners trained on nutrition, motivational tools and the use of clinical practice guidelines related to eating disorders. The primary outcome will be emotional eating measured by the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ). Other secondary outcomes will be external and restrained eating (DEBQ), binge eating (EAT), eating disorder risk (EAT), anxiety (GAD-7), depression (PHQ-9), mindful eating (MES), dispositional mindfulness (FFMQ) and self-compassion (SCS). Anthropometric and vital sign measures, as well as different blood tests, will be carried out. Discussion: Based on the potential effectiveness of implementing ME interventions in PC facilities, we expect to be able to suggest this intervention for incorporation into Spanish public policy. In conclusion, the positive results of this study could have a significant impact on one of the most important health-related problems currently.
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A method for measuring human body composition using digital images (ICPSR 101343)
Released/updated on: 2018-10-19
Geographic coverage: Alabama, United States
Time period: 2010-01-01--2014-12-31
The files required to replicate the results of our manuscript entitled "A method for measuring human body composition using digital images" have been uploaded here. This includes the data dictionary, code, and de-identified data.
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High Intensity Interval- vs Moderate Intensity- Training for Improving Cardiometabolic Health in Overweight or Obese Males: A Randomized Controlled Trial (ICPSR 100179)
Released/updated on: 2016-01-14
Geographic coverage: Alabama, United States
Time period: 2013-01-10--2014-10-30
Purpose: To compare the effects of six weeks of high intensity interval training (HIIT) vs continuous moderate intensity training (MIT) for improving body composition, insulin sensitivity (SI), blood pressure, blood lipids, and cardiovascular fitness in a cohort of sedentary overweight or obese young men. We hypothesized that HIIT would result in similar improvements in body composition, cardiovascular fitness, blood lipids, and SI as compared to the MIT group, despite requiring only one hour of activity per week compared to five hours per week for the MIT group. Twenty-eight sedentary overweight or obese men (age, 20 ± 1.5 years, body mass index 29.5 ± 3.3 kg/m2) participated in a six week exercise treatment. Participants were randomly assigned to HIIT or MIT and evaluated at baseline and post-training. DXA was used to assess body composition, graded treadmill exercise test to measure cardiovascular fitness, oral glucose tolerance to measure SI, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to assess lipoprotein particles, and automatic auscultation to measure blood pressure.
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Breakfast Recommendations on Weight: A Multi-Site Effectiveness Trial (ICPSR 36174)
Released/updated on: 2015-08-07
Geographic coverage: New York City, United States, Massachusetts, Colorado, Denver, Alabama, New York (state), Birmingham, Boston
Time period: 2013-01-01--2013-12-31
This study is a multi-site, 3 parallel arm, randomized, controlled trial. The study was conducted over sixteen weeks. Body weight and height were measured at the beginning of the trial, and body weight again at the end of the trial period. Three hundred and twenty four participants were enrolled, with each of six sites randomizing fifty four participants, with equal allocation of participants randomized to the breakfast, no breakfast, and control groups. The first subject contact included the initial telephone screening, in which participants who passed the level of screening and were interested in proceeding were invited and scheduled for a clinical screening visit. Participants who were passed into the clinical screening were consented and then height, weight, and BMI were measured. Participants were also randomized into the control, breakfast, and no breakfast groups during this time. The study then had 3 telephone calls, all 3 weeks apart (4-week telephone call, 8-week telephone call, 12-week telephone call), in which they were asked about their weight loss from time of last contact, if they had any problems/adverse reactions, or any questions. During the 16th week (final visit), weight was measured, their diaries collected, and participants were compensated for their time. Demographic information collected includes age, sex, and ethnicity.
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Communities and Schools Together for Childhood Obesity Prevention (ICPSR 35943)
Released/updated on: 2015-06-03
Geographic coverage: United States
The Communities and Schools Together (CAST) study seeks to build a collaborative school-community partnership to discover researched solutions to local obesity health risks for children. Data are collected from an elementary school district with an enrollment of 3,000 students in a suburban/rural community in Oregon. The study collects data on local social, built environment, and food environment influences and factors related to child health; develops and evaluates a parent health intervention program; and documents program processes, research methods, and findings for ongoing dissemination and replication of the CAST program.
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Research on Early Life and Aging Trends and Effects (RELATE): A Cross-National Study (ICPSR 34241)
Released/updated on: 2015-05-07
Geographic coverage: Argentina, Puerto Rico, United States, Uruguay, China (Peoples Republic), England, Ghana, India, Russia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Netherlands, Bangladesh, Barbados, Taiwan, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, Chile, Indonesia
Time period: 1996-01-01--2008-12-31
The Research on Early Life and Aging Trends and Effects (RELATE) study compiles cross-national data that contain information that can be used to examine the effects of early life conditions on older adult health conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, obesity, functionality, mortality, and self-reported health. The complete cross sectional/longitudinal dataset (n=147,278) was compiled from major studies of older adults or households across the world that in most instances are representative of the older adult population either nationally, in major urban centers, or in provinces. It includes over 180 variables with information on demographic and geographic variables along with information about early life conditions and life course events for older adults in low, middle and high income countries. Selected variables were harmonized to facilitate cross national comparisons.
In this first public release of the RELATE data, a subset of the data (n=88,273) is being released. The subset includes harmonized data of older adults from the following regions of the world: Africa (Ghana and South Africa), Asia (China, India), Latin America (Costa Rica, major cities in Latin America), and the United States (Puerto Rico, Wisconsin). This first release of the data collection is composed of 19 downloadable parts: Part 1 includes the harmonized cross-national RELATE dataset, which harmonizes data from parts 2 through 19. Specifically, parts 2 through 19 include data from Costa Rica (Part 2), Puerto Rico (Part 3), the United States (Wisconsin) (Part 4), Argentina (Part 5), Barbados (Part 6), Brazil (Part 7), Chile (Part 8), Cuba (Part 9), Mexico (Parts 10 and 15), Uruguay (Part 11), China (Parts 12, 18, and 19), Ghana (Part 13), India (Part 14), Russia (Part 16), and South Africa (Part 17).
The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) was also used in the compilation of the larger RELATE data set (HRS) (N=12,527), and these data are now available for public release on the HRS data products page. To access the HRS data that are part of the RELATE data set, please see the collection notes below.
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Parenting Influences on Child Self-regulation, Energy Intake, and Weight (ICPSR 35860)
Released/updated on: 2015-04-24
Geographic coverage: United States
In this project, a longitudinal design is employed to examine temporal relationships of child self-regulation, food intake, and weight status with parenting styles and practices in low-income Hispanic and African American families with preschoolers. In addition to parental self-reports, parenting and child eating behavior is assessed by standard observational methodology using established theoretical perspectives from developmental literature.
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Public Use Data (2008-10) on Neighborhood Effects on Obesity and Diabetes Among Low-Income Adults from the All Five Sites of the Moving to Opportunity Experiment (ICPSR 34974)
Released/updated on: 2014-01-17
Geographic coverage: New York City, Baltimore, United States, Chicago, Illinois, Massachusetts, Los Angeles, California, New York (state), Maryland, Boston
Nearly 9 million Americans live in extreme-poverty neighborhoods, places that also tend to be racially segregated and dangerous. Yet, the effects on the well-being of residents of moving out of such communities into less distressed areas remain uncertain. Moving to Opportunity (MTO) is a randomized housing experiment administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development that gave low-income families living in high-poverty areas in five cities the chance to move to lower-poverty areas. Families were randomly assigned to one of three groups: (1) the low-poverty voucher (LPV) group (also called the experimental group) received Section 8 rental assistance certificates or vouchers that they could use only in census tracts with 1990 poverty rates below 10 percent. The families received mobility counseling and help in leasing a new unit. One year after relocating, families could use their voucher to move again if they wished, without any special constraints on location; (2) the traditional voucher (TRV) group (also called the Section 8 group) received regular Section 8 certificates or vouchers that they could use anywhere; these families received no special mobility counseling; (3) the control group received no certificates or vouchers through MTO, but continued to be eligible for project-based housing assistance and whatever other social programs and services to which they would otherwise be entitled. Families were tracked from baseline (1994-1998) through the long-term evaluation survey fielding period (2008-2010) with the purpose of determining the effects of "neighborhood" on participating families. This data collection includes data from the 3,273 adult interviews completed as part of the MTO long-term evaluation. Using data from the long-term evaluation, the associated article reports that moving from a high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhood was associated in the long-term (10 to 15 years) with modest, but potentially important, reductions in the prevalence of extreme obesity and diabetes. The data contain all outcomes and mediators analyzed for the associated article (with the exception of a few mediator variables from the interim MTO evaluation) as well as a variety of demographic and other baseline measures that were controlled for in the analysis.
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Collaborative National Network Examining Comparative Effectiveness Trials (CoNNECT) in 12 U.S. States, August 2010-July 2012 (ICPSR 34672)
Released/updated on: 2013-09-08
Geographic coverage: North Carolina, Vermont, United States, Minnesota, New York (state), Arkansas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, Colorado, Missouri, Virginia
Time period: 2010-08-01--2012-07-31
Purpose. The CoNNECT Project enables comparative effectiveness research on mental health, behavioral health, and substance use in primary care. CoNNECT tracked two main elements: (1) the number of patients identified with a comorbid mental health and physical health diagnosis; (2) the number of patients who initiate treatment secondary to a mental health diagnosis. CoNNECT created the capacity to build a base for mental health in primary care comparative effectiveness research using electronic connectivity to generate retrospective and in time prospective clinical data.
Data Access. CoNNECT data are not available from ICPSR. The data from this study are hosted at DARTNet.
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CBS News Monthly Poll, December 2009 (ICPSR 30408)
Released/updated on: 2011-08-05
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2009-12-01--2009-12-31
This poll, fielded December 17-22, 2009, is a part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicits public opinion on a range of political and social issues. Respondents were asked how they felt about the future of the United States over the next few years, whether they thought their opportunities to succeed in life were better or worse than their parent's generation, how satisfied they were with their life, and what major ambition or dream they would like to accomplish over the next 10 years. Respondents were queried on how they would rate the condition of the national economy, and how concerned they were that they or someone in the household would be out of work in the next year. Respondents were also asked what grade they would give to the United States in finding a cure for AIDS, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease, in ensuring the safety of the nation's food supply, and the quality of the public schools, in its ability to protect the country from a terrorist attack, its efforts to combat obesity, in its progress in protecting the environment, in the condition of the military, and in the nation's technological innovation compared to other countries. Information was collected on what was more important to the respondent, stimulating the economy or protecting the environment, whether they would be willing to pay more for a product if they knew it would be better for the environment, and how much confidence they had that advances in technology will solve global warming and other threats to the environment. Respondents were asked how likely they thought it was that there would be anther terrorist attack in the United States within the next few months, how secure they thought the country's ports and harbors were from terrorist activity, whether they thought that obesity was a serious public health problem, whether they would like to lose or gain weight, whether they support or oppose a special tax on junk food, and whether they thought that a special tax on junk food would encourage more people to lose weight. Respondents were queried on whether they had teenagers that they thought have tried illegal drugs and prescription drugs to get high, whether they thought that their teenaged children were sexually active, whether they thought that their teenagers have sent or received sexually explicit messages or images through their mobile phone, and whether they thought that their teenagers were overweight. Information was collected on how much free time their teenagers spent on the Internet, whether they monitor what their teenagers are doing online, whether their teenagers have been threatened or bullied online, whether they give their teenagers allowance, whether their teenagers work, and whether their teenagers have chores. Respondents were asked whether they favor or oppose divorce as a solution if the marriage isn't working out, whether they know anyone who has been unfaithful to their spouse, and whether they feel torn between their job and their family. Finally, respondents were also asked if they thought that we should return to a military draft, whether they thought that the United States military was adequately prepared to respond to a new military threat, whether public schools should teach a course on the major religions of the world, and how often they went to the theater to see a movie. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, marital status, education level, household income, employment status, military service, religious preference, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), political party affiliation, political philosophy, and voter registration status.
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CBS News Call-Back Poll, September 2009 (ICPSR 27804)
Released/updated on: 2011-03-04
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2009-09-01--2009-09-30
This special topic poll, fielded September 10, 2009, re-interviewed 648 adults first surveyed August 27-31 2009. This continuing series of monthly surveys solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. The dataset includes their responses to call-back questions as well as to selected questions in the original poll (ICPSR 27803) which asked whether they approved of the way Barack Obama was handling the presidency, the war in Afghanistan, health care, and the economy. Several questions addressed health care, including whether respondents thought the health care system in the United States worked well, whether Medicare worked well, and whether the government would do a better job than private health care companies in keeping health care costs down and providing medical coverage. Respondents were also asked their opinions on whether President Obama's proposals for reform would increase competition in the private insurance market, the health insurance industry, whether they believed in the possibility of expanding health care coverage without increasing budget deficits or taxes on the middle class, whether President Obama or the Republicans in Congress had better ideas about reforming the health care system, and whether they understood the health care reforms that Congress was considering. Whether President Obama's proposals for reform would increase competition in the private insurance market, whether the health care reform proposed by President Obama would make health care better in the United States and would help the respondent personally, and whether respondents favored the ideas of requiring all Americans to buy health insurance and the government offering everyone a government administered health insurance plan. Information was collected on how respondents thought health care reforms under consideration in Congress would effect the middle class, senior citizens, small businesses, the respondent personally, their health care costs, and the quality of health care. Additional topics that were covered included the pullout of troops from Iraq, credit card debt, how the federal government should use taxpayer's money, personal finances, the best way to discourage obesity, terrorist attacks, the war in Afghanistan, the swine flu, and job security. Respondents were re-interviewed on September 10, 2009, and asked whether they approved of the way Barak Obama was handling health care, if they had listened to the president's address of September 9th, the clarity of his explanation in regard to reform, if they agreed with the proposed reforms, whether Congress would pass and President Obama would sign a bill reforming the system. Questions in regard to budget deficit, expanded health care, regulation of the health insurance industry were also asked. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, marital status, education level, household income, political party affiliation, political philosophy, perceived social class, religious preference, and voter registration status and participation history.
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CBS News Monthly Poll, August 2009 (ICPSR 27803)
Released/updated on: 2010-12-06
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2009-08-01--2009-08-31
This poll, fielded August 27-31, 2009, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way Barack Obama was handling the presidency, foreign policy, the situation in Afghanistan, health care, and the economy. Respondents were asked if they thought things in the country were on the right track, their rating of the national economy, and whether they thought the economy would get better. Respondents were also asked questions about the economic recession, including how long they thought it would last, the advisability of the federal government spending money to stimulate the national economy, whether it was acceptable to raise the deficit to create jobs and stimulate growth, and whether the federal budget deficit affected the respondent's family's financial situation. Several questions addressed health care, including whether respondents thought our health care system worked well, whether Medicare worked well, and whether the government would do a better job than private health care companies in keeping health care costs down and providing medical coverage. Respondents were also asked their opinions on the health insurance industry, whether they believed in the possibility of expanding health care coverage without increasing budget deficits or taxes on the middle class, whether Barack Obama or the Republicans in Congress had better ideas about reforming the health care system, and whether they understood the health care reforms Congress was considering. Information was collected on how respondents thought health care reforms under consideration in Congress would affect the middle class, senior citizens, small businesses, the respondent personally, their health care costs, and the quality of health care. Additional topics that were covered included the pullout of troops from Iraq, major credit cards, credit card debt, how the federal government should use taxpayer's money, how to handle the deficit, personal finances, the best way to discourage obesity, and job security. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, marital status, education level, household income, political party affiliation, political philosophy, perceived social class, religious preference, and voter registration status and participation history.
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Eurobarometer 64.3: Foreign Languages, Biotechnology, Organized Crime, and Health Items, November-December 2005 (ICPSR 4590)
Released/updated on: 2010-06-23
Geographic coverage: Cyprus, Portugal, Global, Malta, Greece, Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Latvia, Luxembourg, Ireland, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, France, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Europe, United Kingdom, Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Italy, Germany, Estonia
Time period: 2005-11-05--2005-12-07
This round of Eurobarometer surveys diverged from the standard Eurobarometer measures and queried respondents on (1) foreign languages, (2) biotechnology, (3) organized crime and corruption, (4) health consciousness, (5) smoking, (6) AIDS prevention, (7) medical errors, and (8) consumer rights. For the first topic, foreign languages, respondents were asked to identify their native language, and first, second, and third foreign languages spoken, including proficiency and frequency of use. In addition, respondents were asked to identify the main reasons to learn a new language, methods used in learning, and barriers preventing learning. Respondents' opinions were sought regarding the best age to start learning a first and second new language, language support, and whether there should be a common language used throughout the European Union (EU). For the second topic, respondents were asked about their understanding of biotechnology, including gene therapy, pharmacogenetics, genetically modified foods and plants, nanotechnology, stem cell research, and its application in industry. Respondents' opinions were sought regarding the use of these techniques, governing safety and regulatory processes, new technology development, and integration of biotechnology into society. Respondents were also queried about their knowledge of science and politics and discussion of these matters with others, their opinions regarding entity involvement, including the EU, in utilizing or advancing biotechnology, and their personal political involvement in this area. For the third topic, organized crime and corruption, respondents were asked to identify the degree of national corruption, sources where corruption exists, a regulatory force in reducing it, and any personal involvement with corruption, in addition to providing an opinion about whether information sharing or policy development may reduce corruption. For the fourth topic, health consciousness, respondents were asked about their current state of health, breastfeeding, dieting, views on eating, foods consumed, changes in eating or drinking patterns and associated reasons for these changes, ease of and barriers to eating healthily, and exercise. Respondents were asked about their knowledge of sports and physical activity, and their opinion about obesity among adults and children. For the fifth topic, smoking, respondents were asked about their smoking habits and use with other substances, sensitivity to smoke, knowledge about second-hand smoke, exposure to tobacco cessation campaigns, and the likelihood of quitting. In addition, respondents were asked to provide an opinion about smoking bans in public places and the consumption of alcohol and tobacco among pregnant women. For the sixth topic, AIDS prevention, respondents were asked about their knowledge of AIDS transmission, changes in personal behaviors influenced by AIDS, and their opinions regarding current national measures in managing the AIDS pandemic and the potential coordination with the EU. For the seventh topic, medical errors, respondents were asked about their awareness of incidents of medical errors in their country, the significance of those errors, personal experience of a medical error, the likelihood of avoiding an error, and their degree of concern about suffering a medical error. For the eighth and final topic covered by this survey, consumer rights, those respondents living in Poland were asked about where and how often they saw or heard information about consumer rights, how frequently the media talked about consumer rights, and who in the media was the source of this information. Respondents were also asked whether they had heard a particular message and to define the meaning of that message, to evaluate Poland's consumer rights in comparison to other EU countries, and to assess the effectiveness of the justice system in protecting consumer rights. In addition, respondents were queried about their knowledge of consumer rights in certain situations, which organizations they would trust to provide correct advice and information about consumer rights, and whether they would refer others to a specific organization that deals with consumer rights, Federacja Konsumentow. Demographic and other background information includes respondent's age, gender, height, and weight, nationality, origin of birth (personal and parental), religious affiliation and involvement, marital status, left-to-right political self-placement, occupation, age when stopped full-time education, household composition, use of a fixed or a mobile telephone, size of locality, region of residence, and language of interview.
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) (ICPSR 28422)
Released/updated on: 2010-06-08
Geographic coverage: United States
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors priority health-risk behaviors and the prevalence of obesity and asthma among youth and young adults. The YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state, territorial, tribal, and district surveys conducted by state, territorial, and local education and health agencies and tribal governments.
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New York Times/Cornell University/NY1 News New York State Poll, May 2009 (ICPSR 26949)
Released/updated on: 2010-04-27
Geographic coverage: New York City, United States, New York (state)
Time period: 2009-05-01--2009-05-31
This special topic poll, fielded May 29-June 3, 2009, focuses on the opinions of 1,057 residents of the state of New York, including 683 residents of New York City. Residents were asked whether things in the state of New York and New York City were going in the right direction, the condition of the state and local economy, and whether they wanted to be living in the same place in four years. Views were sought on David Patterson and his handling of the job of governor of New York, the New York State Legislature, United States Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former New York City Mayors Eliot Spitzer and Rudolph Giuliani, New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson, and Archbishop Timothy Dolan. Information was collected on the respondent's financial situation, including job loss in the household in the past 12 months, the affordability of eating out, and their ability to make major purchases and pay off debt. New York City residents were asked about Bloomberg's handling of his job as mayor, his political party affiliation, the quality of life in New York City and whether it had improved or gotten worse since Bloomberg became mayor, New York City term limit laws, the city's response to the H1N1 or swine flu outbreak, and whether respondents were a Yankee or Mets fan. Additional topics addressed same-sex marriage; proposals to fight obesity, including raising taxes on candy, chips, and soda pop; banning the advertisement of these products during children's television programming; and requiring restaurants to list nutritional information on menus. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, education level, marital status, household income, employment status, political party affiliation, political philosophy, voter registration status and participation history, religious preference, whether respondents had children under the age of 18 years living in the household, whether their child attended a public or private school, and whether anyone in the household belonged to a labor union or was employed by the city of New York.
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Evaluation of the Texas State Public School Nutrition Policy Change on Student Food Selection and Sales, School Years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 (ICPSR 20966)
Released/updated on: 2007-11-19
Geographic coverage: United States, Texas
Time period: 2003-01-01--2005-12-31
In August 2004, Texas implemented the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy in order to promote healthier nutrition in its schools. The new policy restricted high fat and high sugar foods, reduced portion sizes, and phased out "deep-fat fried" foods in school food service environments. This study evaluated the impact of that policy by comparing National School Lunch Program (NSLP) production records and school snack bar/a la carte line sales data before and after the policy was implemented. Data from a number of Texas elementary, middle, and high schools for the prepolicy 2003-2004 school year were compared with their data for the postpolicy 2004-2005 school year. Daily NSLP production records list the number of servings of fresh fruit, canned fruit, regular vegetables, high fat vegetables (french fries), legumes, orange juice, apple juice, grape juice, whole milk, fat free milk, chocolate milk, strawberry milk, variety milk, yogurt, low fat/fat free cheese, string cheese, and cube cheese served to students. The snack bar/a la carte line data report annual sales of candy, baked chips, regular chips, deserts, sweetened drinks, ice cream, and water. Demographic information about the schools' school districts include socioeconomic status (less than half of the students eligible for free or reduced price lunches under NSLP/half or more eligible), district size (less than 10,000 students/10,000 or more students), and percentages of Hispanic, Black, and White students. Demographic information about the schools, themselves, includes number of registered students, average number of students and adults served per day, and percent of students eligible for free or reduced price lunches.
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CBS News/Black Entertainment Television (BET) Monthly Poll, July 2004 (ICPSR 4154)
Released/updated on: 2005-02-18
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2004-07-01--2004-07-31
This poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents -- all Blacks/African Americans -- were asked to give their opinions on the 2004 presidential campaign and the candidates, the way the Bush administration was handling certain issues, and the war in Iraq. Questions were asked regarding respondents' confidence that their votes would be accurately counted, whether there was a deliberate attempt to prevent African Americans from voting or having their votes properly counted, how the voting problems reported in Florida in the 2000 presidential election would affect voter turnout, and which candidate had more 'soul'. Respondents were also asked about various issues facing the country, such as how to provide African Americans with more jobs, the best way to help more African Americans go to college, and whether the United States should intervene when crises occur in Africa. Additional questions queried respondents' health behavior, exercise patterns, experiences with low carbohydrate diets, and attitudes toward reinstating the military draft. Background information includes voter registration status, sex, religious preference, education, age, ethnicity, and income.
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ABC News/Time Magazine Obesity Poll, May 2004 (ICPSR 4040)
Released/updated on: 2004-08-12
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2004-05-01--2004-05-31
This special topic poll, conducted May 10-16, 2004, was undertaken to assess public opinion on the problem of obesity in the United States. Respondents were asked to rate their own personal health and the importance of a healthy diet and physical exercise in their lives. Questions were posed regarding how often respondents and their children watched television, used the Internet, e-mail, or computer games for personal use, and engaged in moderate or vigorous physical exercise, how much influence their children had on what food the family ate, whether they kept a supply of fresh fruits and vegetables in their home, and whether they or their children were overweight. Respondents were polled on how often they ate at fast-food restaurants, whether they tried to track the amount of calories, carbohydrates, and fat content in their daily diets, whether they wanted to lose or gain weight, whether they had followed any type of weight-loss program, and whether it had helped them. Several questions asked about the hardest part of losing weight, the biggest causes of obesity in the United States, whether respondents had ever felt that they were discriminated against because of their weight, whether they had any negative feelings about people who were overweight, and whether certain groups or institutions such as the fast-food industry and government policies and laws bore any responsibility for the nation's obesity problem. Respondents were also polled on whether they would support or oppose government policies such as a tax on high-fat or high-sugar foods, requiring labels on certain foods warning of the health risks of being overweight, and setting a legal limit on portion sizes in restaurants. Other topics addressed whether health insurance companies should be able to drop coverage or charge higher premiums to people who are overweight, whether schools should be allowed to raise money by allowing soda and candy vending machines in school, the seriousness of problems such as cancer, AIDS, cigarette smoking, obesity, and drug and alcohol abuse as public health issues, and whether the federal government was doing enough about these problems. Background information includes sex, ethnicity, education, marital status, household income, number and sex of children in household, weight and height of respondents and children, and subjective size of the community: rural, urban, or suburban.