This dataset represents a group of paper records (a \"series\") within the Steven Lawrence Gortmaker papers, 1955-1998 (inclusive), 1977-1997 (bulk), which can be accessed on-site at the Center for the History of Medicine at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. The series consists primarily of summarized and analyzed research data generated and compiled by Steven Lawrence Gortmaker as a product of his obesity research, using raw data from the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), previously the National Health Examination Survey (NHES). Records were generated using raw data from cycles II and III of the National Health Examination Survey and cycles I, II, and III of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
\r\nThe data focuses on obesity, body structure, and body measurements, analyzed by age, race, socioeconomic background, social behavior, family structure, region, survey cycle, and various other variables. Data includes regressions, frequencies, percentiles, and summary statistics, among other types of statistical analysis. Series also includes codebooks, research notes, and content descriptions of survey data tapes (tapes are not present in the collection).
\r\nData and associated records are accessible onsite at the Center for the History of Medicine per the conditions governing access described below.
\r\nConditions Governing Access to Original Collection Materials: Researchers should consult Public Services for more information on accessing the collection.
\r\nThe Steven Lawrence Gortmaker papers were processed with grant funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as awarded and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in 2016. View the Steven Lawrence Gortmaker Papers finding aid for a full collection inventory of the records, and for more information about accessing and using the collection.
"},"author":{"citation:authorName":"Gortmaker, Steven Lawrence, 1949-.","citation:authorAffiliation":"Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Harvard Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity."},"title":"Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Obesity Study Records, 1978-1985","dateOfDeposit":"2017-05-18","subject":["Medicine, Health and Life Sciences","Social Sciences"],"citation:depositor":"Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)","timePeriodCovered":{"citation:timePeriodCoveredStart":"1978","citation:timePeriodCoveredEnd":"1985"},"citation:dateOfCollection":{"citation:dateOfCollectionStart":"1978","citation:dateOfCollectionEnd":"1985"},"otherReferences":"Collection Finding Aid: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HMS.Count:med00243","relatedDatasets":"For more of Gortmaker's research, please see the \"Harvard School of Public Health. Harvard Prevention Research Center Records, 1992-2003 (inclusive), 1994-2003 (bulk) Dataverse\" (https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/HPRC-NPA).","@id":"https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IUXKBZ","@type":["ore:Aggregation","schema:Dataset"],"schema:version":"1.0","schema:name":"Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Obesity Study Records, 1978-1985","schema:dateModified":"Tue Aug 22 13:30:31 UTC 2017","schema:datePublished":"2017-08-22","schema:creativeWorkStatus":"RELEASED","dvcore:termsOfUse":"The Harvard Medical Library does not hold copyright on all the materials in the collection. Researchers are responsible for identifying and contacting the persons or organizations that hold copyright to seek use permissions.","dvcore:fileTermsOfAccess":{"dvcore:termsOfAccess":"Data and associated records are accessible onsite at the Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Files containing health, personnel, and student information are restricted for 80 years; files containing university records are restricted for 50 years. Access requires advance notice. Contact Public Services for more information about accessing the collection.","dvcore:fileRequestAccess":false},"schema:includedInDataCatalog":"Harvard Dataverse","schema:isPartOf":{"schema:name":"Research Projects Records, 1975-1998 Dataverse","@id":"https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/Gortmaker_ResProjRecs","schema:description":"This dataverse represents a group of paper records (a \"series\") within the Steven Lawrence Gortmaker papers, 1955-1998 (inclusive), 1977-1997 (bulk), which can be accessed on-site at the Center for the History of Medicine at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. The series consists of research, publishing, and administrative records generated and compiled by Steven Lawrence Gortmaker in the course of his research on obesity, infant mortality, and organ donation.
\r\nThe obesity studies records were generated using raw data from the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and include summarized and analyzed data concerning obesity and body structure, as analyzed by age, race, socioeconomic background, social behavior, family structure, region, survey cycle, and other variables. Infant mortality research records were generated during the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Rural Infant Care Program, and consist of: analyzed and coded data; codebooks; manuscript drafts; grant application records; reports; and administrative correspondence. Organ donation research records were generated through research in cooperation with the Partnership for Organ Donation, and include: raw, coded, analyzed, and summarized data; four 3.5” floppy disks containing analyzed and coded data, papers, and presentations; methodologies; blank survey instruments; manuscript drafts; grant applications; financial records; human subjects research approval records; and other research administrative records.
\r\nThe dataverse includes three datasets: “Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Obesity Study Records, 1978-1985,” representing research data and related records generated through Gortmaker’s obesity research using data from the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; “Rural Infant Care Program and Child Health Studies Records, 1975-1997,” representing research, publishing, and administrative records generated during the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Rural Infant Care Program; and “Partnership for Organ Donation Research Records, 1990-1998,” representing research, publishing, and administrative records generated through Gortmaker’s research on organ donation for the Partnership on Organ Donation. Data and associated records are accessible onsite at the Center for the History of Medicine per the conditions governing access described below.
\r\nConditions Governing Access to Original Collection Materials: The series represented by this dataverse includes patient and personnel information that is restricted for 80 years from the date of record creation, and Harvard University records that are restricted for 50 years from the date of record creation. Access to electronic records is premised on the availability of a computer station, requisite software, and/or the ability of Public Services staff to review and/or print out records of interest in advance of an on-site visit. Researchers should contact Public Services for more information.
\r\nThe Steven Lawrence Gortmaker papers were processed with grant funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as awarded and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in 2016. View the Steven Lawrence Gortmaker Papers finding aid for a full collection inventory of the records, and for more information about accessing and using the collection.
\r\n","schema:isPartOf":{"schema:name":"Steven Lawrence Gortmaker Papers, 1955-1998 (inclusive), 1977-1997 (bulk) Dataverse","@id":"https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/Gortmaker","schema:description":"The Steven Lawrence Gortmaker papers, 1955-1998 (inclusive), 1977-1997 (bulk), is a collection of research data, administrative records, and teaching records generated as a product of Gortmaker’s research, teaching, and professional activities throughout the course of his career at the Harvard School of Public Health (later the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health).
\r\nSteven Lawrence Gortmaker (born 1949), B.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ph.D. 1977, University of Wisconsin, Madison, was as of 2017 Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, and Director and Principal Investigator of the school’s Harvard Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity. His research has primarily focused on the health and mortality risks affecting children and adolescents, especially among low-income and minority groups, and interventions aimed at mitigating those risks.
\r\nThis dataverse represents a paper collection that may be accessed on-site at the Center for the History of Medicine at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, and this description refers to that collection as a whole. It includes three “sub-dataverses”. The first dataverse (“Research Projects Records, 1975-1998 Dataverse”) represents a group of paper records (a \"series\") consisting of research data and related administrative and regulatory records from the National Health Examination Survey and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey obesity studies, the Rural Infant Care Program infant mortality study, and the Partnership for Organ Donation study on donation frequency. The next dataverse (“Harvard School of Public Health Professional Records, 1957-1998 Dataverse”) represents a series consisting of teaching records for courses related to HIV, social behavior, and statistics, and departmental administrative records. Finally, the third dataverse (“Collected Publications, 1955-1998 Dataverse”) represents a series consisting of collected publications related to child, adolescent, and adult obesity.
\r\nData and associated records are accessible onsite at the Center for the History of Medicine per the conditions governing access described below.
\r\nConditions Governing Access to Original Collection Materials: The collection represented by this dataverse includes a number of access restriction types, to protect personal and institutional privacy. These types include: 80-year restrictions from the date of record creation for health, student, and personnel information; and 50-year restrictions from the date of record creation for institutional records of Harvard University and its affiliates. The collection also includes electronic records for which access is premised on the availability of a computer station, requisite software, and/or the availability of Public Services staff to review and/or print out records of interest in advance of an on-site visit. Researchers should contact Public Services for more information.
\r\nThe Steven Lawrence Gortmaker papers were processed with grant funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as awarded and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in 2016. View the Steven Lawrence Gortmaker Papers finding aid for a full collection inventory of the records, and for more information about accessing and using the collection.
","schema:isPartOf":{"schema:name":"Center for the History of Medicine Dataverse","@id":"https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/centerhistoryofmedicine","schema:description":"The Center for the History of Medicine (CHoM) enables the history of medicine to inform contemporary medicine and deepens our understanding of the society in which medicine is embedded. Its activities, from public programs, exhibits, collection curation and development, academic endeavors, and research are directed to a diverse audience of health professionals, students and academic researchers, and the general public. One of the world's leading centers for the study of the history of health and medicine, CHoM attracts a global audience of researchers to its collections of rare books, journals, archives, manuscripts, photographs, prints, art, and artifact collections.
The Center's Dataverse supports this mission by providing access to research data that comprises, is integral to, or supports the understanding of its unique manuscript and archival collections.
","schema:isPartOf":{"schema:name":"Harvard Dataverse","@id":"https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/harvard","schema:description":"