Research Guides: Sociology: Philadelphia Area Resources

Philadelphia Area Resources

Community Health Database (CHDB) Tool This link opens in a new window
The PHMC CHDB Tool allows users to do queries of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey by geographic region (county, ZIP code), key health indicators, and demographic characteristics (race/ethnicity, age, gender, health insurance status, poverty status).

Center for Health Oucomes and Policy Research (U of Penn)
CHOPR at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing is a research and research training enterprise focusing on the outcomes of health care and health workforce policy.
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stablished in 1989, the Center is a unique community within the School of Nursing drawing together faculty, students, and pre- and post-doctoral fellows from nursing, sociology, demography, medicine, management, economics, and other related disciplines. With collaborators from around the world, Center researchers study health system reorganization and policy changes and aim to produce research evidence to improve the quality of health care.
Population Aging Research Center (U of Penn)
PARC was established in 1994 with a grant from the National Institute on Aging, which fosters research on the demography and economics of health and aging. PARC sponsors an annual pilot proposal competition, a week seminar series in conjunction with the Population Studies Center and an online working paper series accessible over the Internet.
Population Studies Center (U of Penn)
The PSC of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has fostered research and training in population since its founding in 1962, with support from the NICHD P30 program 1978-2003 and the R24 program since 2003.

Temple University

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