Policy Atlas
Improving health through data and policy researchA comprehensive database of policy and public health data for researchers, policymakers, and community advocates.
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                                                                                        AARP DataExplorerAARP Public Policy Institute  | 
                                        
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                                            A comprehensive database on social determinants and health of older adults, including housing, transportation, employment, long-term services and caregiving.  | 
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                                                                                        Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS)National Institutes on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH)  | 
                                        
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                                            Comprehensive policy data on alcohol, tobacco, and recreational cannabis.  | 
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                                                                                        American Community Survey (ACS)United States Census Bureau  | 
                                        
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                                            National U.S. data on sociodemographic and economic characteristics, including education, employment, health insurance coverage, internet access and use, transportation, and other topics.  | 
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                                                                                        American Housing Survey (AHS)United States Census Bureau  | 
                                        
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                                            National U.S. data on housing, including housing demographics, housing quality, housing costs, neighborhood, and other relevant data.  | 
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                                                                                        America's Health RankingsUnited Health Foundation  | 
                                        
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                                            Analysis of U.S. health and state rankings on a comprehensive set of health, environmental and socioeconomic indicators.  | 
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                                                                                        Annual Disability Statistics CompendiumInstitute on Disability, University of New Hampshire  | 
                                        
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                                            A compendium of annual disability statistics.  | 
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                                                                                        BillTrack50, Federal & State Legislation TrackerBillTrack50  | 
                                        
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                                            A resource that tracks U.S. state and federal legislation, as well as searches legislators and legislative committees. The free version is available with registration.  | 
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                                                                                        Boston University COVID-19 US State Policy DatabaseInter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research  | 
                                        
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                                            State policies on closures, shelter-in-place orders, housing protections, physical distancing closures, reopening, and other relevant topics.  | 
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                                                                                        Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Policies and Practices for Healthy YouthInstitute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago  | 
                                        
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                                            A collection of policy data on the topics of school wellness and nutrition, including school laws on wellness, snack food and beverage sales and taxation, safe routes to schools, and other relevant topics.  | 
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                                                                                        California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health  | 
                                        
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                                            Largest state health survey on Californians, access to health care, health status, chronic conditions, mental health, health behaviors, women's health, dental health, civic engagement, environmental and social determinants of health. Registration is required to access data.  | 
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                                                                                        California Health Profiles, California Health Interview SurveyThe UCLA Center for Health Policy Research  | 
                                        
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                                            Health profiles and legislative data for California.  | 
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                                                                                        California Policy DatabasePrevention Institute  | 
                                        
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                                            Legislation data on school environment, food and nutrition, and other preventive efforts in California.  | 
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                                                                                        Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) DatabaseUSDA, Food and Nutrition Service  | 
                                        
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                                            A database of U.S. average food prices for the 2001 - 2004 period.  | 
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                                                                                        Characteristics of Statewide Naloxone Distribution MechanismsThe Network for Public Health Law  | 
                                        
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                                            A landscape of U.S. state directives for non-patient naloxone distribution.  | 
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                                                                                        Chemical Industry Documents LibraryLibrary and Center for Knowledge Management, University of California, San Francisco  | 
                                        
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                                            An archive of documents from the chemical industry related to their manufacturing, operations, regulatory activities, and scientific research.  | 
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                                                                                        Childhood Asthma Healthcare Utilization Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Department of Health  | 
                                        
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                                            Health care utilization data for asthma by Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County residents 18 years of age and younger, including Emergency Department (ED), hospitalizations, urgent care visits, and asthma controller medication dispensing events.  | 
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                                                                                        Chronic Disease GIS ExchangeCenters for Disease Control and Prevention  | 
                                        
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                                            Hosts tools for accessing, creating and sharing maps and resources for chronic disease prevention, including databases and software to analyze data and create maps. Also includes GIS training modules and a rate stablization tool.  | 
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                                                                                        City Health DashboardNew York University, Langone Health  | 
                                        
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                                            A city dashboard of 36 indicators, including clinical care, health behaviors, health outcomes, physical environment, and social and economic factors. Data download requires a data use agreement.  | 
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                                                                                        Classification of Laws Associated with School Students - CLASS Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH)  | 
                                        
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                                            Data on physical education (PE) and nutrition policies in the U.S. schools.  | 
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                                                                                        Common Good ForecasterMeasure of America, Social Science Research Council  | 
                                        
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                                            A visual exploratory tool to assess the effects of education attainment on personal and community well-being, including health outcomes, financial stability, and community involvement. Data use agreement is required to access the data.  | 
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                                                                                        Correlates of State Policy Institute for Public Policy and Social ResearchMichigan State University  | 
                                        
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                                            U.S. state policy data, tracking policy differences across the 50 states and changes over time on economic and welfare policy, healthcare and health insurance, drug and alcohol policy, education and labor, transportation, environment, anti-discriminatory protections and rights, gun control and more.  | 
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                                                                                        Cost Estimates of Food borne IllnessesUSDA Logo Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture  | 
                                        
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                                            Data about the costs of major food-borne illnesses in the United States, including outpatient and inpatient expenditures on medical care, lost wages, and other associated costs.  | 
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                                                                                        County Health Rankings and RoadmapsPopulation Health Institute, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin  | 
                                        
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                                            U.S. state rankings and county-level data on various health and behavior outcomes, clinical care, social and economic, physical environment indicators.  | 
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                                                                                        Current Population Survey (CPS)United States Census Bureau  | 
                                        
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                                            U.S. population data on social and economic indicators, including income, health insurance coverage, and other relevant data.  | 
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                                                                                        Dartmouth Atlas ProjectThe Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice  | 
                                        
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                                            Medicare claims data, including health care spending and utilization, as well as diffusion and innovation of medical interventions.  | 
                                        

