Survey Resources - EPID 7160 - Survey Methodology: Course Guide

United States Health Surveys

Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System
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.
The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)
Collects nationally representative data about the American public’s knowledge of, attitudes toward, and use of cancer- and health-related information.
HSRR (Health Services and Sciences Research Resources)
IPUMS Health Surveys
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Estimation Procedures, 2011-2014
Data Evaluation and Methods Research
National Health Interview Survey (HINTS)
PhPartners/Tools for Data Collection and Planning
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors priority health behaviors and experiences among high school students across the country

Sociological Abstracts
Useful thesaurus terms might be Attitude measures, Interviews, Interview schedules, Items (measures), Mail surveys, Measures (instruments), Questionnaires, Scales, Surveys, Tests

Measuring Health by Ann Bowling
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
Measures for Community and Neighborhood Research by Mary L. Ohmer; Claudia J. Coulton; Darcy A. (Ann) Freedman; Joanne L. Sobeck; Jamie Booth
Call Number: Howard-Tilton Stacks HN49.C6 O364 2018
ISBN: 9781483358369
Publication Date: 2018-08-22
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.

PsycTESTS (American Psychological Association PsycNET)
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.
PsycINFO
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].

Mental Measurements Yearbook
Descriptive information about tests--not the full text--of actual tests. Provides reviews about more than 3,000 timely, consumer-oriented tests.

All MMY entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited review(s) written by leading content area experts.
Health & Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)
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.

Health Literacy Tool Shed
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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 (EBSCO)
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.

Knowledge Success
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.

Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents
ISBN: 3319988573
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

MAPP Clearinghouse - NACCHO
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.

Databases

Health & Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)
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.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
ERIC (EBSCO)
EMBASE
Filter search results by Study type to view various data collection methods used, such as questionnaires.
PubMed
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Use in combination with MESH terms
Medical Subject Headings -MeSH (National Library of Medicine)
Many terms describe tests and measurements: Surveys, Questionnaires, Survey, Health Surveys, Health Status Indicators, Health Care Surveys
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Search a topic within the IN Instrument field OR topic within any field AND Questionnaire/Scale in the PT Publication Type field