Secondary Data Sources for Public Health
Subtitle: A Practical Guide (Practical Guides to Biostatistics and Epidemiology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 9, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780521690232
Subjects: Epidemiology & medical statistics; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Biostatistics; Epidemiology; Health Care Delivery; Medical / Dentistry / General; Data Collection; Public Health; Research; Statistical methods; United States
Description: Secondary data analysis plays an increasingly important role in epidemiology and public health research and practice, but many difficulties confront researchers and analysts who wish to use secondary data to address a research or policy question. This practical guide is the only book to provide both an introduction to secondary data analysis and a list of major sources of secondary data in the United States. Entries for each data source include the focus of the data, years available, data collection process used, and directions about how to access the data and supporting materials.