The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) Program: An Infrastructure for Advancing Population Health.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) was established in 2008 by the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) with the goals of (1) providing a timely and accurate picture of the health of the state residents; and (2) serving as an agile resource infrastructure for ancillary studies. Today, the SHOW program continues to serve as a unique and vital population health research infrastructure for advancing public health.

Methods

SHOW currently includes 5,846 adult and 980 minor participants recruited between 2008 and 2019 in four primary waves. WAVE I (2008-2013) includes annual statewide representative samples of 3,380 adults ages 21 to 74 years. WAVE II (2014-2016) is a triannual statewide sample of 1,957 adults (age ≥18 year

SUBMITTER: Malecki KMC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9008403 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature