Your Local Community

Mental Health issues currently affect a large number of people within the communities in Jacksonville, Florida.  How could research help address this issue? How would you go about obtaining more data on this health-related issue. 

Explore the practical application of how to create a plan to obtain data on a health-related topic, specifically in Jacksonville, Florida.

Please respond in the first person, share personal experiences, and ask questions to further develop your understanding of how evidence-based practice can affect health-related issues at the community level.

You may find the following resources helpful as you prepare to respond to this week’s discussion:

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) – National and state data sets as well as statistic reports. Information about ordering data sets that cannot be downloaded.

CDC Data and Statistics page – much more than NCHS

CDC WONDER – WONDER provides a single point of access to a wide variety of reports and numeric public health data.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – Data and Surveys

Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) – Data dictionaries, documentation, and request forms. No searchable data online.

U.S. Census Bureau, Current census data including information broken down by state, city, and region.

WHOSIS — WHO Statistical Information System