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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) — Information, Questionnaires & State data

Spanish translation of CDC's Healthy Days Measures

Disability and Health

National Arthritis Action Plan (PDF-1.2MB)

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) — Stress...At Work

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Other Federal Government Resources

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Outcomes & Effectiveness
Methods
Mental Health
Measuring Healthcare Quality

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (HOS), a Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) measure, includes both the SF–36 and the core Healthy Days measures ... more

Healthy People 2010 Homepage

A Systematic Approach to Health Improvement
Goal #1 Section HRQOL

The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

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Non-Government Resources

Administration on Aging's Performance Outcomes Measures Project (POMP)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)*

A Portrait of the Chronically Ill in America, 2001*
Survey results from RWJF and the Foundation for Accountability (FACCT) that feature Healthy Days measures. The on-line surveys of 6,000 chronic disease sufferers were designed to learn about their lives and their care.

International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL)*

International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS)*

MAPI Research Institute*

MAPI QOLI Database*
View the public domain section of the via the site’s main page. Has information about a large number of HRQOL measures-including the CDC HRQOL.

International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
(ISPOR)*

International Network on Health Expectancy and the Disability Process
(REVES)*

International Health Related Quality of Life Databases Programme*

World Health Organization (WHO)*

WHO Noncommunicable Disease and Mental Health Surveillance*

WHO Mega Country Health Promotion Network Surveillance Guide* (PDF–5Mb)
Includes CDC HRQOL-14 Measures

WHO Quality of Life Instruments*
Includes WHOQOL–100 & WHOQOL–BREF

National Academy Press
http://www.nap.edu*

Health Performance Measurement in the Public Sector: Principles and Policies for Implementing an Information Network 1999*

New Horizons in Health: An Integrative Approach (2001)*

New Horizons in Health: An Integrative Approach (2001) Chapter 6: Collective Properties and Healthy Communities*

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)*

Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)*

The Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health (PACE EH)*
A community-based environmental health assessment.

Appendix E* (PDF–345KB)—A sample PACE-EH community survey that includes the core Healthy Days Measures.

Public Health Foundation*

Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) Project*

JAMA Patient Pages; Vol. 288, No.23 (December 18, 2002)
Quality of Life* --English version
Calidad de vida* -- Spanish version

Quality of Life Research Unit, University of Toronto*

Social Indicators Network News (SINET)*

Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education (ASTDHPPHE)*

Community Indicators: Measuring Our Impact*

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)*

Indicators for Chronic Disease Surveillance
A set of 92 recommended indicators, including the four core Healthy Days measures (PDF-600K), assembled by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of State and Territorial Chronic Disease Program Directors.

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