Looking for data on health?

As a theme, 'health' covers a wide range of topics and cuts across many academic disciplines: the boundaries of what constitutes health data and health research are both fuzzy and shifting. Data have been collected and are made available via the ESDS on topics as varied as the experience of illness, child development, access to care, lifestyle behaviour, subjective physical and mental well-being, diet and nutrition, immunisation programmes and attitudes towards health service provision. Data on health can cover not only a person’s status, behaviour, attitudes and expectations but also the provision of health care, including the mechanics of policy making, government expenditure and service coverage.