The SPDS was conducted in 2011 as a follow-up to the 2009/10 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN). Adding to the rich information available in...

The NSDUH, formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse or NHSDA, is designed to produce drug and alcohol use incidence and prevalence estimates and report the...

The NSECH provides national baseline data on pediatric care (and its impact) from the parent’s perspective. Questions focus on the delivery of pediatric care to families with...

The NS-CSHCN was conducted three times between 2001 and 2010. It was designed to take a close look at the health and functional status of children with special health care needs...

The NSCH is designed to produce national and state-level data on the physical and emotional health of American children 0 - 17 years old. Information is collected on factors...

The purpose of this report is to provide a broad summary of the health and well-being of NHPI to enable community leaders, policy makers, academic institutions, research...

The PRAMS is a population-based surveillance system designed to identify and monitor maternal experiences, attitudes, and behaviors from preconception, through pregnancy and...

The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) is an epidemiologic survey system established by CDC to monitor the prevalence of youth behavior that most influences health....

This report, otherwise known as the E Ola Mau Study, provides a comprehensive review of the unique health care needs of Native Hawaiians and makes recommendations to improve...

The Native Hawaiian Health Improvement Act or Public Law 102-396 set forth by the U.S. Congress in 1988 aims to accomplish the following: a) acknowledges the United States...

The National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study (NYPANS) was conducted in 2010 with three main purposes: (1) To provide nationally representative data on behaviors and...

The NVSS is the oldest and most successful example of inter-governmental data sharing in Public Health and the shared relationships, standards, and procedures form the mechanism...

The NMFS program, begun in the 1960’s, uses a sample of United States residents who die in a given year to supplement the death certificate with information from the next of kin...

The objective of the NMIHS was to collect data needed by Federal, State, and private researchers to study factors related to poor pregnancy outcomes, including low birthweight,...

The NHIS is a household survey that serves as the primary source of information on the health of the U.S., non-institutionalized, civilian population. Though it has undergone...

The NHANES is a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. The survey is unique in that it combines...

The NCANDS is a federally sponsored national data collection effort created for the purpose of tracking the volume and nature of child maltreatment reporting each year within...

This NAS examines the health, socioeconomic, behavioral, and environmental predictors that relate to better control of asthma. This study explores the content of care and health...

The MEPS is conducted to provide nationally representative estimates of health care use, health care expenditures, sources of payment, health insurance coverage and health...

The NICHD Study of SECCYD is a comprehensive longitudinal study initiated by the NICHD to answer questions about the relationships between child care experiences, child care...