Tools & Templates

Researchers requesting access to multi-state PRAMS datasets must submit an application and this data sharing agreement. The data sharing agreement is signed by the principal investigator and co-investigators affirming that they and their designated staff will comply with the requirements in the agreement.

Clarify approaches to and methods for evaluation, provide examples specific to the scope and purpose of the state chronic disease programs, and recommend resources for additional reading. Although examples provided in the guides are specific to HDSP programs, the information might also prove valuable to other state health department programs, especially chronic disease programs.

A program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. The NHANES interview includes demographic, socioeconomic, dietary, and health-related questions. The examination component consists of medical, dental, and physiological measurements, as well as laboratory tests administered by highly trained medical personnel.

World’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984. Currently, data are collected monthly in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.

Survey system monitors priority health-risk behaviors and the prevalence of obesity and asthma among youth and young adults.

Collection of tools that allows standard-setters to create rules for data quality. Rules are created in an executable form using the EditWriter program, and are expressed in the EDITS language and embedded in a binary file object known as an NPCR–EDITS metafile.

Suite of publicly available free software programs for collecting and processing cancer registry data. It can be used separately or together for routine or special data collection.

Software that is capable of collecting, managing, and reporting in a standardized fashion all pertinent information needed by NIOSH and US EPA to conduct surveillance on acute pesticide-related illness.

Assessment form assists environmental health practitioners in conducting a rapid assessment of shelter conditions during emergencies and disasters. It covers 14 general areas of environmental health, ranging from basic food safety and water quality to pet wellness, and allows for the documentation of immediate needs in shelters. Can be easily modified to meet local needs.

Host of mortality and morbidity surveillance forms (e.g., Disaster-Related Mortality Surveillance Form, Disaster-Related Mortality Surveillance Instruction Form; Natural Disaster Morbidity Surveillance Individual Form Natural Disaster Morbidity Surveillance Line List Natural Disaster Morbidity Surveillance Tally Sheet Natural Disaster Morbidity Surveillance Summary Report Form). These forms are not meant to replace normal patient triage and record keeping or routine surveillance reporting mechanisms.

Step-by-step instructions to follow for successfully completing the CHANGE tool. CHANGE can be used to gain a picture of the policy, systems, and environmental change strategies currently in place throughout the community; develop a community action plan for improving policies, systems, and the environment to support healthy lifestyles; and assist with prioritizing community needs and allocating available resources.

Fundamental concepts for surveillance in public health. Helps project teams and task managers critically assess the public health surveillance system (or systems) currently operating in a given country, and have some idea of ways to improve these systems.

General guideline for collecting information by using a standardized assessment of housing units in the area and the population affected by a disaster.