Policy Atlas
Improving health through data and policy researchA comprehensive database of policy and public health data for researchers, policymakers, and community advocates.
Topic
| DATA SOURCE | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| DATA SOURCEAARP DataExplorer AARP Public Policy Institute | Description A comprehensive database on social determinants and health of older adults, including housing, transportation, employment, long-term services and caregiving. | |
| DATA SOURCEAlcohol Policy Information System (APIS) National Institutes on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Description Comprehensive policy data on alcohol, tobacco, and recreational cannabis. | |
| DATA SOURCEAmerican Community Survey (ACS) United States Census Bureau | Description National U.S. data on sociodemographic and economic characteristics, including education, employment, health insurance coverage, internet access and use, transportation, and other topics. | |
| DATA SOURCEAmerican Housing Survey (AHS) United States Census Bureau | Description National U.S. data on housing, including housing demographics, housing quality, housing costs, neighborhood, and other relevant data. | |
| DATA SOURCEAmerica's Health Rankings United Health Foundation | Description Analysis of U.S. health and state rankings on a comprehensive set of health, environmental and socioeconomic indicators. | |
| DATA SOURCEAnnual Disability Statistics Compendium Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire | Description A compendium of annual disability statistics. | |
| DATA SOURCEBillTrack50, Federal & State Legislation Tracker BillTrack50 | Description A resource that tracks U.S. state and federal legislation, as well as searches legislators and legislative committees. The free version is available with registration. | |
| DATA SOURCEBoston University COVID-19 US State Policy Database Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research | Description State policies on closures, shelter-in-place orders, housing protections, physical distancing closures, reopening, and other relevant topics. | |
| DATA SOURCEBridging the Gap: Research Informing Policies and Practices for Healthy Youth Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago | Description A collection of policy data on the topics of school wellness and nutrition, including school laws on wellness, snack food and beverage sales and taxation, safe routes to schools, and other relevant topics. | |
| DATA SOURCECalifornia Health Interview Survey (CHIS) UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health | Description Largest state health survey on Californians, access to health care, health status, chronic conditions, mental health, health behaviors, women's health, dental health, civic engagement, environmental and social determinants of health. Registration is required to access data. | |
| DATA SOURCECalifornia Health Profiles, California Health Interview Survey The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research | Description Health profiles and legislative data for California. | |
| DATA SOURCECalifornia Policy Database Prevention Institute | Description Legislation data on school environment, food and nutrition, and other preventive efforts in California. | |
| DATA SOURCECenter for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) Database USDA, Food and Nutrition Service | Description A database of U.S. average food prices for the 2001 - 2004 period. | |
| DATA SOURCECharacteristics of Statewide Naloxone Distribution Mechanisms The Network for Public Health Law | Description A landscape of U.S. state directives for non-patient naloxone distribution. | |
| DATA SOURCEChemical Industry Documents Library Library and Center for Knowledge Management, University of California, San Francisco | Description An archive of documents from the chemical industry related to their manufacturing, operations, regulatory activities, and scientific research. | |
| DATA SOURCEChildhood Asthma Healthcare Utilization Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Department of Health | Description Health care utilization data for asthma by Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County residents 18 years of age and younger, including Emergency Department (ED), hospitalizations, urgent care visits, and asthma controller medication dispensing events. | |
| DATA SOURCEChronic Disease GIS Exchange Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Description Hosts tools for accessing, creating and sharing maps and resources for chronic disease prevention, including databases and software to analyze data and create maps. Also includes GIS training modules and a rate stablization tool. | |
| DATA SOURCECity Health Dashboard New York University, Langone Health | Description A city dashboard of 36 indicators, including clinical care, health behaviors, health outcomes, physical environment, and social and economic factors. Data download requires a data use agreement. | |
| DATA SOURCEClassification of Laws Associated with School Students - CLASS Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Description Data on physical education (PE) and nutrition policies in the U.S. schools. | |
| DATA SOURCECommon Good Forecaster Measure of America, Social Science Research Council | Description A visual exploratory tool to assess the effects of education attainment on personal and community well-being, including health outcomes, financial stability, and community involvement. Data use agreement is required to access the data. | |
| DATA SOURCECorrelates of State Policy Institute for Public Policy and Social Research Michigan State University | Description U.S. state policy data, tracking policy differences across the 50 states and changes over time on economic and welfare policy, healthcare and health insurance, drug and alcohol policy, education and labor, transportation, environment, anti-discriminatory protections and rights, gun control and more. | |
| DATA SOURCECost Estimates of Food borne Illnesses USDA Logo Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture | Description Data about the costs of major food-borne illnesses in the United States, including outpatient and inpatient expenditures on medical care, lost wages, and other associated costs. | |
| DATA SOURCECounty Health Rankings and Roadmaps Population Health Institute, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin | Description U.S. state rankings and county-level data on various health and behavior outcomes, clinical care, social and economic, physical environment indicators. | |
| DATA SOURCECurrent Population Survey (CPS) United States Census Bureau | Description U.S. population data on social and economic indicators, including income, health insurance coverage, and other relevant data. | |
| DATA SOURCEDartmouth Atlas Project The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice | Description Medicare claims data, including health care spending and utilization, as well as diffusion and innovation of medical interventions. | 

