Health Resources

• Long Beach Community Database
  The Long Beach Community Database was developed as a community service by ReThinking Greater Long Beach to provide a publicly available common set of statistical information about Long Beach, California, for those interested in making Long Beach a better place for all residents to live and work.

The primary purposes of this database are to provide:

• Members of the community with a standard set of information about the City of Long Beach.
  
• Information needed to insure that public and private community services can be focused on areas where they have the potential of doing the greatest good.
  
• Information that can be used in carrying out program evaluation of various community programs and activities.
  
• Decision makers with detailed information upon which decisions can be made to improve the quality of life of the Greater Long Beach area.
  
• Information needed for the preparation of grant applications and proposals.
  
• Data for researchers interested in studying the City of Long Beach.

• CSULB Psychology Department: Statistics Video Tutorials

 

• California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
  CHIS is the nation's largest state health survey. Conducted every two years on a wide range of health topics, CHIS data gives a detailed picture of the health and health care needs of California's large and diverse population.

  The survey provides:
  

  • Statewide information on the overall population including many racial and ethnic groups.
    
  • Local-level information on most counties for health planning and important comparison purposes.

The survey uses a strict methodology and extensive questionnaires.  

 

• Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health
  The mission of the Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DRC) is to advance the effective use of public data on the status of children’s health and health-related services for children, youth and families in the United States. The DRC does this by providing hands-on access to national, state, and regional data findings from large population-based surveys. Data are collected from parents and thus contribute a much needed voice in the drive to improve the quality of health care for children and youth.

 

• National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) Measures Registry
  The NCCOR Measures Registry is a searchable database of diet and physical activity measures relevant to childhood obesity research. Download the fact sheet.

  The purpose of this registry is to promote the consistent use of common measures and research methods across childhood obesity prevention and research at the individual, community, and population levels.

  Obesity and public health researchers need standard measures to describe, monitor, and evaluate interventions, particularly policy and environmental interventions, and factors and outcomes at all levels of the socio-ecological model. NCCOR hopes that this registry web tool facilitates access to available measures, helps identify gaps in measures, and encourages the development of new measures.

  On this website, you can:
  • Search or browse the registry for measures
    
  • Learn about how the registry was developed
    
  • Find measures in development
    
  • Link to other measures registries and related resources
    
  • Submit a new measure for inclusion in the registry

 

• Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services
  The Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS), funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, leverages world class science to combat HIV globally, in partnership with communities, families, and individuals impacted by the pandemic. Strategies for integrating, promoting, and diffusing HIV detection, prevention, and care is our primary mission. Investigators from UCLA, Friends Research Institute, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, and research and community partners globally collaborate to achieve CHIPTS’ mission. CHIPTS creates opportunities for scientific leadership, expertise, and infrastructure to be leveraged to create, understand, and evaluate: 1) structural & community level interventions; 2) models of adaptation & adoption of efficacious interventions; 3) strategies to reduce disparities for scientists, nations, communities, & individuals; and 4) research agendas that integrate behavioral, biomedical, & technological intervention strategies. The CHIPTS community promotes cutting edge science; networks and builds capacity of scientists, advocates, policy makers, and consumers.

  CHIPTS offers a range of services including consultation on the development of new research projects and assistance with obtaining funds for these initiatives. CHIPTS provides technical assistance in HIV program development and evaluation and sponsors an annual conference for developing researchers to present their work. In addition, the Center hosts an annual policy forum for researchers, government officials, and the HIV community to discuss emerging HIV policy issues, as well as hosts a research colloquia series.

  To accomplish this mission, six Cores support the design, implementation, and evaluation of existing funded projects and assist in the development of new research protocols focused on communities, systems-of-care, service providers, and individuals at risk.