Additional Resources

CDC Resources

• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• Disability and Health
• National Arthritis Action Plan
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) — Stress...At Work
  • NIOSH Quality of Worklife Module (General Social Survey 2002) [PDF - 160KB]
• Spanish translation of CDC's Healthy Days Measures
• The State of Mental Health and Aging in America

Other Federal Government Resources

• Health Data Tools and Statistics
• Administration on Aging
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  • Measuring Healthcare Quality
  • Mental Health
  • Methods
  • Outcomes & Effectiveness
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Healthy People
• The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

Other Non-Federal Government Resources

• Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE)
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
• World Health Organization (WHO)

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Foundation and Research Centers

• MAPI Research Institute
• MAPI QOLI Database
• Public Health Foundation
• Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) Project
• Quality of Life Research Unit, University of Toronto
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)

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International Societies

• International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL)
• International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS)
• International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
• International Network on Health Expectancy and the Disability Process (REVES)

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Instruments

• JAMA Patient Pages; Vol. 288, No.23 (December 18, 2002)
• Quality of Life (English version)
• Calidad de vida (Spanish version)
• WHO Quality of Life Instruments

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Publications and Newsletters

• Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE)
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
• Indicators for Chronic Disease Surveillance, also available as a PDF [PDF-600K]
• Healthy People 2010: A Systematic Approach to Health Improvement
• National Academy Press
  • Health Performance Measurement in the Public Sector: Principles and Policies for Implementing an Information Network 1999
  • New Horizons in Health: An Integrative Approach (2001)
  • New Horizons in Health: An Integrative Approach (2001) Chapter 6: Collective Properties and Healthy Communities
• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
  • Community-based Environmental Health Assessment (PACE EH)
• Social Indicators Network News (SINET)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  • WHO Mega Country Health Promotion Network Surveillance Guide [PDF–5Mb]

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Other Projects and Studies

• Administration on Aging's Performance Outcomes Measures Project (POMP)
• Center for Medicaid and Medicare - Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (HOS)
• Patient-Reported Outcomes and Measurement Information System
• Patient-Reported Outcome and Quality of Life Instruments Database
• WHO Noncommunicable Disease and Mental Health Surveillance

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