Public Health - Potential Instruments
These links either have the full text of the instrument, information on where the instruments can be purchased, or just a brief description of the instrument.
Annotated Resource List
Download Annotated Resource List of Instruments with source of instrument (PDF - To view PDF file, download Adobe Reader). Put together by FHOP, Family Health Outcomes Project
- Adolescent Health Survey
- Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale
- Child Health Questionnaire
- Child Health and Illness Profile
- Measurement of Developmental Assets Survey
- Minimum Evaluation Data Set for Evaluating Programs aimed at Adolescent Mothers and Their Children
- Monitoring the Future
- National Health Interview Survey on Child HealthM
- National Health Examination Survey and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- National Hospital Discharge Survey
- National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
- National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
- Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale
- Teen Health Risk Survey
- Teen Questionnaire
- Youth Health Provider
- Several others listed
Child Health and Illness Profile: Adolescent Edition
(PDF - To view PDF file, download Adobe Reader)
Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D)
(PDF - To view PDF file, download Adobe Reader)
Child Health Questionnaire
Commonwealth Fund Survey of the Health of Adolescent Girls & Boys
Functional Status II (R) A Measure of Child Health Status
Measurement of Developmental Assets Survey
Monitoring the Future (High School Senior Survey)
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of the Lifestyles and Values of Youth
National Health Interview Survey
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (ADD Health)
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY)
National Survey of Adolescent Males (NSAM) (Do a search)
National Survey on Drug Use & Health formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
Provides the prevalence of substance use, serious mental illness, related problems, and treatment in the U.S. Topics covered include:
- Illicit Drug Use
- Aocohol Use
- Tobacco Use
- Trends in Initiation of Substance Use
- Youth Prevention-Related Measures
- Substance Dependence, Abuse, and Treatment
- Prevalence and Treatment of Mental Health Problems
Prevention Minimum Evaluation Data Set (PMEDS)
Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (RADS)
Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale
Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, information about
(PDF - To view PDF file, download Adobe Reader)
Short Form 36, The Medical Outcomes Study
Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results(SEER) Cancer Statistics