Open Data

Health Data Resources

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by NIH

Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Children

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by CDC National Center for Health Statistics

Health-Related Surveys for Epidemiologists

Resource - Data Bank/repository

A Scoping Review of Virtual Focus Group Methods Used in Rehabilitation Sciences

Resource - Journal Article

Sage Data - Data Basics

Resource - Website/webpage

Brought to you by SAGE Publications

State of Michigan: Housing Data Portal

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Mind the Gap: Data Availability, Accessibility, Transparency, and Credibility During the COVID-19 Pandemic, an International Comparative Appraisal

Resource - Journal Article

Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by CDC National Center for Health Statistics

Focus Group Guide for Public Health Professionals

Resource - Guide/handbook

Principles for Using Public Health Data To Drive Equity

Resource - Report

Brought to you by CDC Foundation

Death by Missing Data: Uncollected Racial and Ethnic Pandemic Data Will Drive Inequities for Decades To Come

Resource - Website/webpage

Brought to you by STAT

Resources for Social Determinants of Health Indicators

Resource - Guide/handbook

Brought to you by NACCHO

The Gravity Project

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by The Gravity Project

Small Area Estimates For Cancer-Related Measures

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by NCI

Implementing Revised Federal Race/Ethnicity Data Standards Won’t Sufficiently Address Health Inequities

Resource - Blog

Brought to you by Health Affairs

Good Practice in the Conduct and Reporting of Survey Research

Resource - Journal Article

Accessibility Policy About Information and Data

Resource - Model Policy

The COVID-19 Tracking Project

Resource

Brought to you by Center for Investigative Reporting

Upward Mobility Data Dashboard

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by Urban Institute

NCAI Policy Research Center: Data Disaggregation

Resource - Website/webpage

Brought to you by National Congress of American Indians

How Community-Based Organizations Use Data to Advance Racial Equity

Resource - Blog

Brought to you by Urban Institute

What is a Survey

Resource - Book

Data Democratization: The Unsung Hero of Health Equity

Resource - Blog

Brought to you by Health Leads

Toolkit for Conducting Focus Groups

Resource - Guide/handbook

Do No Harm Guide: Crafting Equitable Data Narratives

Resource - Guide/handbook

Brought to you by Urban Institute

Local Data for Equitable Communities

Resource

Brought to you by Urban Institute

Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults, by Detailed Race and Ethnicity

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by CDC National Center for Health Statistics

Catalog of Established and Emergent Integrated Data Systems

Resource - Data Bank/repository

"Data Walk" Is a Key Tool in Results-Based Leadership

Resource - Blog

Brought to you by Annie E. Casey Foundation

Best Practices in Research and Evaluation: Focus Groups

Resource

Brought to you by ETR

Using the Methods of the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project to Monitor COVID-19 Inequities and Guide Action for Health Justice

Resource - Website/webpage

Brought to you by Harvard University T. H. Chan School of Public Health

Conducting Successful Virtual Focus Groups

Resource

Brought to you by Child Trends

Data Walk - Population Health Innovation Lab

Resource - Website/webpage

Brought to you by Population Health Innovation Lab

What is the HITECH Act?

Resource

Maternal Vulnerability Index

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by Surgo Ventures

Housing and Health Data Dashboard

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by US HUD

Enhancing Data Access to Improve American Indian and Alaska Native Health: A Framework for State and Local Public Health Officials

Resource - Policy Brief

Brought to you by Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

More Than Numbers: A Guide Toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Data Collection

Resource - Guide/handbook

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive

Resource - Website/webpage

Brought to you by SAMHSA

Tool: Hosting a Data Walk

Resource - Guide/handbook

Brought to you by Tamarack Institute

Rural Data Gateway

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by USDA

A Guide to Conducting Online Focus Groups

Resource - Guide/handbook

Brought to you by Vital Strategies

The Importance of Improving Data Accessibility in Healthcare

Resource - Blog

MIT Election Data and Science Lab

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by MIT

Upward Mobility Initiative: Obtaining More Local Data

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by Urban Institute

Balancing Access to Health Data and Privacy: A Review of the Issues and Approaches for the Future

Resource - Journal Article

Supporting a Community-Led Data Infrastructure To Build Local and Equitable Governance That Advances Policy

Resource

Brought to you by Brookings Institution

Connecting the Dots: A Data Sharing Framework for the Local Public Health System

Resource - Policy Brief

Brought to you by NACCHO

Project REFOCUS

Resource - Website/webpage

Brought to you by University of California Los Angeles

Conducting Surveys

Resource - Website/webpage

Data Playbook

Resource - Guide/handbook

Neighborhood Data for Social Change

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by USC Lusk Center for Real Estate

Focus Group Tip Sheet

Resource - Fact Sheet

Brought to you by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Future for Community Use of Data to Advance Equity

Resource - Webinar

Brought to you by Urban Institute

Guidelines for Conducting a Focus Group

Resource - Guide/handbook

Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity

Resource - Report

Brought to you by National Science and Technology Council

Civic Information Index

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by Civic Information Index

Introduction to Conducting Focus Groups

Resource - Guide/handbook

Native Data Sovereignty Can Address Data Gaps and Improve Equity

Resource - Blog

Brought to you by Urban Institute

Published on 06/13/2022

Local Estimates of Internet Adoption (Project LEIA)

Resource - Website/webpage

Brought to you by National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Epidemiology for the Uninitiated

Resource - Book

Digital Data Sources and Their Impact on People's Health: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews

Resource - Journal Article

Brought to you by Frontiers

Climate Change and Health Research Hub

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Perils and Possibilities: Achieving Best Evidence from Focus Groups in Public Health Research

Resource - Journal Article

Writing Good Survey Questions: 10 Best Practices

Resource

Survey Explorer

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Legislators Introduced More Than 1,500 Bills To Change the Authority of State and Local Health Agencies and Executive Officers During 2021 and 2022 Legislative Sessions

Resource - Website/webpage

Brought to you by Temple University Beasley School of Law

Data Chats as an Organizing and Capacity-Building Process

Resource - Blog

Brought to you by Medium

Using Social Math To Support Your Policy Issue

Resource - Blog

Brought to you by BMSG

Library of Congress Geospatial Applications

Resource - Data Bank/repository

Brought to you by Library of Congress

The Data Equity Framework

Resource

Brought to you by We All Count

Salud America! Inspires Community Change for Health Equity

Story - Original

Brought to you by Community Commons

Published on 02/18/2017

What’s New on Community Commons?

Story - Original

Brought to you by Community Commons

Published on 01/26/2017

Our Favorite Data Sources

Story - Original

Brought to you by Community Commons

Published on 04/08/2024

LGBT Data: Who Is Helping to Fill the Gap?

Story - Original

Brought to you by Community Commons

Published on 01/19/2017

Our Favorite State Data Tools

Story - Original

Brought to you by Community Commons

They’re Here! American Community Survey & 500 Cities Data Updates

Story - Original

Brought to you by Community Commons

Published on 03/05/2018

Refreshing Data Basics

Story

Brought to you by Community Commons

Published on 05/30/2023

New Data Shows Poverty Rates Lower in 23 States

Story - Original

Brought to you by Community Commons

Published on 03/07/2017

500 Cities Project: Local Data for Better Health

Story - Original

Brought to you by Community Commons

Published on 02/09/2017

Using Benchmarks to Explore Population Health Data

Story

Brought to you by IP3

Published on 08/23/2022

Understanding and Interpreting Population Health Measures

Story - Written

Brought to you by IP3

Published on 11/15/2022

Foundations for Community Health Data Users

Story - Original

Brought to you by Community Commons

Published on 04/17/2024

ExploreMoHealth: An Example of How One State is Taking Health Data to the Next Level

Story - Original

Brought to you by Community Commons

Published on 04/10/2018

Tracking Trends in Population Health Over Time

Story

Brought to you by IP3

Published on 12/13/2022

Our Favorite Data Sources Part II

Story - Original

Brought to you by Community Commons

Published on 07/09/2024

Oral Health Data Systems

Tool

Data Commons

Tool - Data/mapping Tool

Healthy Kids Colorado Survey Dashboard

Tool - Data/mapping Tool

Finding and Using Health Statistics

Tool - Workshop/training

Population Health Information Tool

Tool - Data/mapping Tool

2023 California County Scorecard of Children's Well-Being

Tool - Data/mapping Tool

Seattle Open Data

Tool - Data/mapping Tool

Pennsylvania Cancer Statistics Dashboard

Tool - Data/mapping Tool

LawAtlas

Tool - Data/mapping Tool

Data Walks: An Innovative Way to Share Data with Communities

Tool - Data/mapping Tool