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Health Data Resources

  • Common Data Types in Public Health Research
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  • Doug Joubert
    Douglas Joubert
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    douglas.joubert@nih.gov
    301-827-3829

Health Data Resources

This online guide contains information on finding, using, and analyzing health and population data. The guide was developed as an online companion for a series of classes that focus on finding, wrnagling, and analyzing health data. If you are NIH or HHS staff, please check out the NIH Library training schedule for upcoming classes.

If you need a one-on-one consultation on data sources, data visualization and management, or basic data analysis please contact Doug Joubert at the NIH Library.

Class Handouts

  • Introduction to Tableau for Health and Policy Analysts PowerPoint (PDF)
    Using policy data, students will learn about the Tableau interface, and how to manage data in Tableau.
  • Introduction to Tableau for Health and Policy Analysts Manual (PDF)
    Using policy data, students will learn about the Tableau interface, and how to manage data in Tableau.
  • Searching Open Data Sets (PDF)

    This webinar will provide an introduction to searching and downloading data from publicly available datasets. The focus will be on US Federal Government resources and Non-governmental Organization (NGOs) data. There will be a brief overview of importing data into Excel, and analyzing data by creating pivot tables.

  • Search Open Data Set Exercises (PDF)

    Exercises to accompany my Searching Open Data Sets class

  • Public Data Slides (PDF)

    Slides that accompany the Public Health Data class and webinar series

  • State Medicaid Exercises (PDF)

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