SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Frederick J. Kviz, Ph.D.

   
UIC University of Illinois
at Chicago


 

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UIC/SPH/CHS  
CHS, Community Health Sciences Division, SPH, UIC
SPH, School of Public Health, UIC
UIC, University of Illinois at Chicago (home page)
BUSINESS, Forms, Policies, and Administrative Information for UIC researchers
HRPC, Health Research and Policy Centers
OPRS/CITI, Office for Protection of Research Subjects (OPRS), Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI)
SRL, Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago
UIC-IRB, UIC Institutional Review Board
UIC RESEARCH, UIC Research Services
 
Local Agencies
AHCI, Asian Health Coalition of Illinois
AAI, Asian American Insitute of Chicago
CHAS, Center for Health Administration Studies, University of Chicago
CHAS-DATA, U.S. Census and Vital Statistics for local areas (Chicago & Illinois)
CDPH, Chicago Department of Public Health
IDPH, Illinois Department of Public Health
MCIC, Metro Chicago Information Center
 
Federal Agencies
AHRQ, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AOA, Administration on Aging
AAH, Asian American Health
CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CPCP, CDC Cancer Prevention & Control Program
CENSUS, U.S. Census Bureau
DHHS, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
FirstGov, FirstGov (a convenient portal to federal agencies and information)
IOM, Institute of Medicine
MMWR, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
NCCDPHP, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
NCHS, National Center for Health Statistics
NCI, National Cancer Institute
NCI-CER, National Cancer Institute's Communication and Education Resources

NIA, National Institute on Aging
NIH, National Institutes of Health
NIH Children, National Institutes of Health Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Children in Research
NIH FORMS, NIH (PHS-398) Forms for Grant Applications
NIH MODULAR GRANTS, Information about use of NIH modular grant applications
NIH GUIDE, NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts
NRSA, National Research Service Award Training Grants and Fellowships from NIH
OHS, CDC Office on Smoking and Health
ORMH, Office of Research on Minority Health, National Institutes of Health
USPHS, U.S. Public Health Service
 
Professional Organizations
AAPOR, American Association for Public Opinion Research
APA, American Psychological Association
APHA, American Public Health Association
ASA, American Sociological Association, Medical Sociology Section
ASPH, Association of Schools of Public Health
CASRO, Council of American Survey Research Organizations
IPHA, Illinois Public Health Association
 
Literature Search
AnnRev, Annual Reviews (of public health and related disciplines)
IBIS, Illinois Bibliographic Information Service (click on "Start Ovid")
IGM, Internet Grateful Med
LHSEG, UIC Library of the Health Sciences Electronic Gateway
PubMed, Medline
Scirus, searches for scientific information, including literature
UICCAT, UIC Library Catalog
WOS, Web of Science
 
Data Archives
CAHI, Community Area Health Inventory, Chicago Department of Health
CHSIP, Community Health Status Indicators Project, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Data on the Net
GSS, General Social Survey data information retrieval system
HEALTH, US, Health, United States -- with Health and Aging Chartbook
HHANES, Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
HRSA-Community, Health Resources and Services Administration -- Comunity Health Status Indicators
HRSA-State, Health Resources and Services Administration -- State Profiles
IRSSD, Institute for Research in Social Science; data archive
ICPSR, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
LSOA, Longitudinal Study of Aging

NAMCS, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
NCHS, National Center for Health Statistics; electronic and published products
NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHIS, National Health Interview Survey (questionnaires, reports, etc.)
NMCUES, National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey
NSPHPC, National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences
SRL, Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago
ROPER, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
 
Other

AANCART, Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness Research and Training
ACS, American Cancer Society
ASPH-EC, Association of Schools of Public Health — Employment Council
BRFSS, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
CAHI, Community Area Health Inventory, Chicago Department of Health
CHSIP, Community Health Status Indicators Project, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
CHID, Combined Health Information Database
FNIC, Food and Nutrition Information Center
Free Lookups -- look up information such as telephone numbers, zip codes, area code/prefix combinations for cities, school districts, etc.
HEALTH, US, Health, United States -- with Health and Aging Chartbook
HF, Health Finder (lots of information about health promotion and illness prevention)
HP, Healthy People 2000 and 2010
HealthWeb, A comprehensive site with links to sources of current health information
Kaiser, kaisernetwork.org -- Reports about "Health Policy As It Happens." Also has "Health Poll Search," a searchable archive of public opinion questions on health issues, covering 29 major topics and more than 300 subtopics; holds approximately 40,000 questions on health issues from surveys that have included questions about health.
KOOP, Dr. C. Everett Koop's Web Site
LCAT, National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention
MCBS, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (methodology, questionnaires, etc.)
MHN, Minority Health Network
NGC, National Guideline Clearinghouse (evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
NHIC, National Health Information Center
NHIS, National Health Interview Survey (questionnaires, reports, etc.)
NHO, National Health Observances (national designated weekly and monthly health observances)
PUSRC, Princeton University Survey Research Center (lots of information about survey resources)
RWJF, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Sawtooth, Sawtooth Technologies, developer and vendor of software for computer-assisted surveys

Scirus, an internet search engine that searches for scientific information, including literature
SGRPAH, U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health
SGRTH, U.S. Surgeon General's Reports on Tobacco and Health
SSI, Survey Sampling, Inc.