Secondary Data Sources for Public Health: A Practical Guide (Practical Guides to Biostatistics and Epidemiology) - Softcover

Boslaugh, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521690234 ISBN 13: 9780521690232

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Secondary data analysis plays an increasingly important role in epidemiology and public health research and practice, but many difficulties confront researchers and analysts who wish to use secondary data to address a research or policy question. This practical guide is the only book to provide both an introduction to secondary data analysis and a list of major sources of secondary data in the United States. Entries for each data source include the focus of the data, years available, data collection process used, and directions about how to access the data and supporting materials.

About this title

Book Description:

This is the only book to provide both a practical introduction to secondary data analysis and a list of major sources of secondary data in the United States. Entries for each data source include the focus of the data, years available, data collection process used, and directions about how to access the data and supporting materials.

About the Author:

Sarah Boslaugh received her PhD from the City University of New York and her MPH from Saint Louis University. She is currently a Performance Research Analyst for BJC Healthcare in Saint Louis, MO, and has previously worked as a biostatistician and methodologist at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, and Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis. She has also written An Intermediate Guide to SPSS Programming: Using Syntax for Data Management and is editing the Encyclopedia of Epidemiology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521690234
• ISBN 13: 9780521690232
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 164