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Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences
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EPID 7160 - Survey Methodology: Course Guide
Resources for peer-reviewed articles and grey literature about survey development and survey instruments
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation’s premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.
Call Number: Matas (Books Stacks) WA 900.1 B787m.3 2005
ISBN: 0335215289
Publication Date: 2004-10-01
Measuring functional ability, broader health status, psychological well-being, social networks and social support, dimensions of subjective well-being and measures of broader quality of life
About which aspects of the neighborhood may be most important to measure in different research designs and also help researchers, practitioners, funders, and others more closely examine the impact of their work in communities and neighborhood.
Try this database first when searching for tests. PsycTESTS provides full-text copies of many tests as well as supporting documentation.
See the PsycTESTS videos at left to learn how to search PsycTESTS effectively.
Other useful PsycTESTS videos include Reliability & Validity in PsycTESTS and Citing PsycTESTS in APA Style.
You can use PsycINFO to find information about tests and sometimes the tests themselves. Search for a Topic AND the word, 'appended' in the TM field to find a measurement tool (i.e. stress [Select a Field (optional) AND appended [TM Tests and Measures].
Information about behavioral measurement instruments abstracted from hundreds of leading journals covering health sciences, psychosocial sciences, industrial/organizational behavior and education.
Records provide information on questionnaires, interview schedules, vignettes/scenarios, coding schemes, rating and other scales, checklists, indexes, tests, projective techniques, and where to find or order the testing instrument.
The Tool Shed includes the most common type of validation information available in research published to date. However, before selecting a tool, we suggest you contact the author(s) of the tool (identified in the Tool Shed), or read the full paper and contact the corresponding author.
ERIC provides options to search for terms such as measurement, questionnaire, pain measurement, surveys, or a specific test instrument. Under "Search Options" select "Test/Questionnaires" in the Publication Type field.
Formerly POPLINE. Knowledge SUCCESS (Strengthening Use, Capacity, Collaboration, Exchange, Synthesis, and Sharing) is a five-year global project led by a consortium of partners and funded by USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health to support learning, and create opportunities for collaboration and knowledge exchange, within the family planning and reproductive health community.
This book describes key methods and instruments for assessing diet-related factors, physical activity, social and environmental factors, physical characteristics and health-related outcomes in children and adolescents. These tools were developed and deployed within the framework of the pan-European IDEFICS and I.Family cohort studies
The MAPP Clearinghouse allows current and new MAPP users to browse, adopt, and tailor tools, such as survey instruments, and other resources to complete the different phases of MAPP.
You must be registered with NACCHO's Toolbox to download the MAPP Clearinghouse tools.
An online database of health literacy measures. The site contains information about measures, including their psychometric properties, based on a review of the peer-reviewed literature
The Tool Shed includes the most common type of validation information available in research published to date. However, before selecting a tool, we suggest you contact the author(s) of the tool (identified in the Tool Shed), or read the full paper and contact the corresponding author.
MHS publishes an extensive line of clinical products that are specially designed to help clinicians and mental health professionals assess children, adolescents, and adults for the possible presence and severity of psychological disorders.
Records provide information on questionnaires, interview schedules, vignettes/scenarios, coding schemes, rating and other scales, checklists, indexes, tests, projective techniques, and where to find or order the testing instrument.
Measuring Health by 
Measures for Community and Neighborhood Research by 
Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents
