July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, highlighting challenges faced by people in racial/ethnic minority groups in the US when it comes to mental illness. Obstacles include a lack of health insurance, less access, and stigma. Review #HMCA resources on this topic at myumi.ch/Z831E.
Health & Medical Care Archive
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The Health & Medical Care Archive (HMCA) is the data archive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation @rwjf.bsky.social at ICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social, housed at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Website: icpsr.umich.edu/HMCA
The #HMCA Summer Newsletter is here! Read about state laws tracking foodborne illnesses, an opportunity to help HMCA create a Chatbot, new search, and our latest data releases! Click here: myumi.ch/6P3r6
Help #HMCA improve! We are building a chatbot to assist users in finding the information they need - we need volunteers to share how they use #HMCA for research, policy, advocacy, etc. No experience necessary! Sign up here for a 30-minute session: calendar.app.google/hX3pXMo4BjUH...
#HMCA is at #AAPOR26! Stop by booth #117 to learn more about our publicly available Data to Build a Culture of Health! #PublicHealth #DataArchive #ICPSR
Maryland's first case of measles in 2026 has health officials encouraging parents to vaccinate their kids and check their own immunity status. Read more from Meredith Cohn in the @thebaltimorebanner.com, including insights from APHA CEO Georges Benjamin, MD: vist.ly/4zzkz
Current Events in the ICPSR Bibliography: "Does growing up in a delinquent, adversity-laden environment accelerate biological aging?" More: https://myumi.ch/DE7vB #Data #SocialScience #ICPSR
The #HMCA Spring Newsletter is now available! Read about a fascinating Novel Mindset Intervention, an opportunity to help HMCA create a Chatbot, conferences, and our latest data releases! Click here: myumi.ch/R3DMW
Check out this exciting new #RWJF Funding Opportunity! Health Equity Research for Action. Be a HERA and learn more here: myumi.ch/R3Ded #HMCA #HealthEquity #DataScience
🕵️HMCA Screenshot Hunt: This screenshot is somewhere on the HMCA site. Start here: icpsr.umich.edu/sites/hmca/home Find the page and reply: [page title] - [URL]. First correct reply gets a shout-out. #HMCA #HMCAHunt #RWJF
Mark your calendars: #HMCA will be exhibiting at the American Association for Public Opinion Research in May. We hope to see you there! #AAPOR2026 #PublicHealth #OpinionData
#HMCA celebrates International Transgender Day of Visibility by sharing their voices. The linked study set out to document the self-reported prevalence of discrimination against marginalized groups and highlights the lived experiences of those groups. myumi.ch/R3RyQ #trans #data #transvoices
What research question are you interested in? The #HMCA Find Data page provides useful Search Tips to help you find the data you are looking for. Check it out here: myumi.ch/4mE2P #RWJF #ICPSR #publicdata #publichealth
#HMCA wants you to mark your calendar! Join us on March 30 at 3p.m. ET for a live demo of data and resources from #ICPSR, the world’s largest social science data archive. Find out how to register here: myumi.ch/mRwNj
For National Colorectal Cancers Awareness Month, #HMCA offers these Prevention Tip: reduce risk by avoiding processed meats, limiting red meat, eating a diet rich in fruits/vegetables, and staying physically active. View our related variables here: myumi.ch/15ZpV #healthdata #RWJF
You're in luck! #HMCA provides access to public data for all researchers, including those not members of ICPSR. Even students can get their hands on our data! Take a look at what's in the archive: bit.ly/3s5nAyx #medicaldata #ICPSR #healthscience #health #RWJF
#HMCA makes it easy to download and analyze the #data that you need in the most convenient format for YOU! Visit the site and explore data collected with funding from the largest U.S. philanthropic foundation focused on building a Culture of Health. myumi.ch/E8D5X #RWJF #ICPSR
It may feel like you need that extra cup of coffee to put that spring in your step, but #HMCA wants you to know that it is #Sleep Awareness Week! Protect your zzz's by following healthy sleep hygiene practices. Check out our 860 variables about sleep: myumi.ch/n1RNV #RWJF #ICPSR
The 2026 World Obesity Day theme is "8 Billion Reasons to Act on Obesity". #HMCA invites you to explore our Bibliography of Data-related Literature with 102 publications related to obesity citing HMCA studies. myumi.ch/rA9ER #RWJF #healthdata #OforObesity
Are you interested in looking abroad for ideas to improve health equity, justice, and wellbeing in the U.S.? Check out this exciting new @rwjf.org Funding Opportunity! Be #inspired to learn and build a more inclusive and equitable health knowledge system. Details here: myumi.ch/A151e #HMCA #RWJF
The ACL is partially funded by #RWJF and is the oldest ongoing nationally representative longitudinal study of how social, psychological, behavioral, medical, and environmental factors affect health outcomes and health changes over the adult life course. myumi.ch/D8b49 #HMCA @nacda-icpsr.bsky.social
In honor of National Caregivers Day, #HMCA would like to highlight this study: Chronic Illness and Caregiving, 2000: [United States] (ICPSR 3402). Whether you are a #healthcare professional, a family #caregiver, or a caring friend, we thank you for your service. myumi.ch/W6ymk #RWJF #ICPSR
What is #HMCA? HMCA is committed to maintaining social science research data for the long term, for the benefit of future researchers, and to assist #RWJF data creators in meeting grant stipulations. Learn more here: myumi.ch/P3MM7 @rwjf.org @icpsr.bsky.social
#HMCA has a new dataset for the Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey Series. By assessing the ability of adults and their families to meet basic needs, the survey can provide a broader understanding of material well-being than income-based poverty indicators. Check it out: myumi.ch/61n5Z #RWJF
#HMCA can answer this question: Where's the Data?! The HMCA website has 312,432 variables across 323 studies for you to browse! Check out the @icpsr.bsky.social Love Data Week for events and more information on how to #Adopt a HMCA dataset: myumi.ch/15zdz #RWJF #LoveData26 #DataScience
Are you ready for #LoveData26? The #HMCA Tenant Right to Counsel Law and Policy dataset is available for adoption! Watch the Tenant Rights webinar here: myumi.ch/3RX22 Learn more about #ICPSR and adopting a dataset here: myumi.ch/15zdz #RWJF #Justice4All #LoveData
#HMCA is pleased to announce a hybrid seminar with speaker Dante Chinni of the American Communities Project - Feb. 11th at noon. This event is free to the public. More info and zoom link here: myumi.ch/e3Wxr #RWJF #ACP #ISR
The #HMCA Winter Newsletter is now available: myumi.ch/G2Ap7. Read about upcoming webinars featuring interesting researchers, data events, conferences, and our latest data releases. #data #RWJF
#HMCA has new data! In a 548-adult RCT, researchers tested a brief “Catastrophes can be Opportunities” mindset intervention vs. control to examine post-COVID post-traumatic growth trajectories. myumi.ch/R34ry #ICPSR #RWJF #MentalHealth #RCT