Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #102490

Linda Duffy, PHD, MIMS, Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division, The National Archives and Records Administration, NWME 5320, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, 301-837-0856, linda.duffy@nara.gov

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the federal agency responsible for preservation of and access to the permanently valuable records of the federal government. The Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division has custody of the permanently valuable computerized records of federal agencies transferred to NARA for long-term preservation. The Division has approximately 676,000 computerized data files from over 100 federal agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. These data files were created as part of surveys, administrative databases, and other data collection efforts. A comprehensive listing of public health related data sets in the custody of the Division will be provided. Members of the public can obtain copies of data files (and associated documentation) on a cost-recovery basis on removable media. The procedure for obtaining data files from the Division will be described. Beginning in fiscal year 2003, NARA is offering online search and retrieval access to a selection of the electronic database records in its custody through the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) resource.

Learning Objectives:

• This presentation will provide the participant with the information he/she needs in order to 1- assess whether the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) holds data that could be of use in his/her research endeavors, 2- identify the particular data he/she would like to obtain from NARA, and 3- obtain data from NARA.

Keywords: Research, Government

Related Web page: www.archives.gov/research_room/center_for_electronic_records/center_for_electronic_records.html

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commertial supporters WITH THE EXCEPTION OF I am an employee of the National Archives and Records Administration. .