A report summary on the outcome of classroom-based health education focused on providing information about increases in physical activity or fitness.
A report on whether college-based physical education and health education interventions increase physical activity and fitness.
A report on whether stand-alone mass media campaigns increase physical activity at the population level.
Allows local health departments and jurisdictions to better understand the burden and geographic distribution of health-related outcomes in their areas and assist them in planning public health interventions. Provides model-based population-level analysis and community estimates of 27 chronic disease measures for the entire United States.
A national longitudinal study of tobacco use and how it affects the health of people in the United States.
Resources, reports, and activities on environmental health risks and safety risks to youth.
A toolkit and webinar for preventing falls in hospitals, improving quality of care.
The Prevention TaskForce (formerly ePSS) application assists primary care clinicians to identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients.
The Prevention TaskForce data is based on the current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and can be searched by specific patient characteristics, such as age, sex, and selected behavioral risk factors.
A website that enables users to download PLCO datasets, learn about PLCO, and search a database of research projects and publications.
A comprehensive, practical guide for health care practitioners and researchers to plan and deploy methods to support uptake of effective practices in routine care settings.
A portfolio of materials to help kids understand how to read the Nutrition Facts label on food packages.
A searchable database of community-based studies assessing known factors impacting rates of childhood obesity, providing information on the study design, measures, content areas, and populations examined.
Access to information about active research projects in the FDA Center for Tobacco Products research portfolio.
Reports and publications from the Surgeon General covering a range of topics including substance abuse, tobacco, suicide prevention, disease prevention, mental health, violence, oral health, physical activity and nutrition, skin cancer, breastfeeding, healthy homes, prevention of pre-term birth, and health literacy.
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) portfolio of research in the field of environmental health sciences conducted by investigators in many disciplines from various organizations.
Links to risk assessment tools developed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG).
This toolkit includes five essential steps for first responders; information for prescribers; and safety advice for patients and family members recovering from opioid overdose.
Science Analysis System (SAS) code is available for analyzing Actigraph 7164 Physical Activity Monitor (PAM) data from the 2003–2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). These programs are written to import and analyze accelerometer data downloaded from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Those who wish to use these programs with data downloaded directly from Actigraph 7164 accelerometers used in a different study must first convert the data into the appropriate format and merge the records from multiple accelerometers.
Resources for those looking to better understand how to capture and understand the health of sexual and gender minority populations. Information includes recommended and validated measures for sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), examples of surveys that collect SOGI data, and guiding principles for data collection and recommendations for future measurement-related research.
This report examines the effectiveness of various smoking cessation tools and resources; reviews the health effects of smoking and catalogues the improvements to health that can occur when smokers quit; highlights important new data on populations in which the prevalence of smoking is high and quit rates are low; and identifies gaps in the availability and utilization.