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

Illustration with raised hands of varied skin tones holding green hearts, with text reading “July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.”
HMCA Summer newsletter graphic of a bike in a field with a tree and sunshine.
HMCA data discovery chatbot is currently under development! Sign up to help make the chatbot more helpful in assisting users in their search. Image is of a smiling robot with chat bubbles surrounding it.
HMCA Spring Newsletter graphic with a retriever in dandelions and text previewing a Data Spotlight on mindsets and health, an RWJF funding opportunity, and the ICPSR Summer Program.
RWJF funding opportunity: “From Insight to Action: Health Equity Research that Meets This Moment” (HERA); application deadline May 14, 2026, 3:00 p.m. ET; HMCA Health & Medical Care Archive graphic with piggy bank on cash.
Graphic titled “Screenshot Scavenger Hunt: HMCA Edition.” Instructions say: start from the HMCA homepage (icpsr.umich.edu/sites/hmca/home), find the exact page where a screenshot appears, and comment with the page title and URL. Includes a small photo of a judge’s gavel and scales of justice, a magnifying-glass icon, and the HMCA logo. Text at bottom: “First correct answer gets a shout-out in our next post. Ready…go.”
HMCA ‘Upcoming Event’ graphic inviting the public opinion and survey research community to join HMCA at AAPOR in Los Angeles for three days of learning, connection, and reflection. Embedded conference banner reads: ‘AAPOR 81st Annual Conference—Los Angeles, CA. An LA love story of data, innovation, and the quest for truth.’ Dates: May 13–15, 2026. Additional text notes the conference focus on connecting work to the broader public, rebuilding trust in data, and supporting informed decision-making, and says ‘Find out more on our website—link in bio.’ HMCA logo at bottom.
HMCA social media graphic dated March 31, 2026 stating: ‘Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility.’ Text says HMCA is amplifying trans voices and highlights the ‘Discrimination in the United States Survey, 2017 (ICPSR 38387)’ from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, National Public Radio, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Illustration shows raised hands in transgender flag colors and diverse skin tones with trans symbols and hearts; HMCA logo at bottom.
HMCA ‘Did you know?’ graphic stating: ‘The HMCA Find Data page has Search Tips!’ Includes a screenshot explaining that HMCA search indexes full dataset documentation (over 4 million variables), supports natural-language questions, and allows searching multiple keywords or using quotes to find exact phrases. URL shown: icpsr.umich.edu/sites/hmca/find-data. HMCA logo in lower right.
Promotional graphic ‘Celebrated by HMCA’ advertising a Free Live Demo on Monday, March 30 at 3:00 p.m. ET. Subtitle: ‘Live overview of ICPSR.’ A laptop displays the ICPSR website with a red ‘LIVE’ icon. Bottom text: ‘Register Today!’ and ‘www.icpsr.umich.edu.’
HMCA (Health & Medical Care Archive) graphic for National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month featuring a blue awareness ribbon and a colon icon. Text notes that March is dedicated to education about preventing, detecting, and treating colon and rectal cancers, and emphasizes regular screenings starting at age 45 (or earlier for high-risk individuals). HMCA logo appears at the bottom.
HMCA informational graphic with green border and shamrocks reading, ‘Need data? You’re in luck!’ It highlights HMCA Data User Services: a database of curated RWJF-funded health data, online analysis of selected studies, help retrieving and using HMCA data files, bibliographic citations to publications using HMCA data, and guidance on understanding and using research data. A ‘Dissemination and Preservation’ section notes that with RWJF support, HMCA distributes processed data collections free of charge and provides technical support; ICPSR preserves HMCA holdings in perpetuity. HMCA logo at bottom.
HMCA ‘Did you know?’ graphic showing an ICPSR study page with the Data & Documentation tab open and a download menu listing multiple file formats (e.g., Stata, R, SPSS, SAS, delimited/ASCII). Text emphasizes that you can download codebooks, user guides, and datasets in the format you prefer.
Sleep Awareness Week graphic (March 8–14, 2026) with a red alarm clock and ‘zzz’ icons on a blue background. Text reads: ‘The connection between sleep and health is real. Learn more about this connection and spring forward by jumping into 860 variables related to sleep across 55 Health and Medical Care Archive studies.’ HMCA (Health and Medical Care Archive) logo at bottom.
Graphic for World Obesity Day (March 4, 2026) reading: ‘This World Obesity Day, wake up to the true drivers of Obesity.’ Surrounding labels identify drivers: food systems, inequality, healthcare barriers, stigma, and unhealthy environment. Text at bottom: ‘Read more about the drivers of Obesity in the HMCA literature – link in description.’ HMCA logo.
Graphic promoting a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) funding opportunity titled ‘Global Learning to Reimagine Health Knowledge Systems for Equity and Wellbeing.’ Teal background with hands holding a money bag and a lightbulb. Application deadline: April 13, 2026, 3:00 p.m. ET. HMCA logo at bottom.
Graphic with black-and-white wavy lines above text: Americans’ Changing Lives (ACL) Survey Series (ICPSR 4690). Description: an ongoing, nationally representative longitudinal study focusing on differences between Black and White Americans in middle and late life. Data from 1986–2021 cover sociological, psychological, mental, and physical health items. HMCA (Health & Medical Care Archive). Find out more on our website. Use the link in bio.
Post from the Health and Medical Care Archive asking: Do you like trends? Are you interested in how American health values change over time? What about changes in health insurance coverage in relation to health outcomes? The Health and Medical Care Archive offers data from 22 different series projects. Follow the link to see them all!
Infographic announcing that February 20th, 2026 is National Caregivers Day. The image features two people holding hands. One set of hands appears to be older than the other.
The Health and Medical Care Archive (HMCA) is the data archive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care in the United States. Our goal is to build a culture of health by increasing the understanding of health and health care and the factors that contribute to health in the United States through secondary analysis of RWJF-supported data collections.
Infographic announcing the Health and Medical Care Archive's latest data release for the Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey Series.
Infographic shared by the Health and Medical Care Archive promoting the ICPSR Data Fair and Love Data Week happening February 9-13, 2026. The theme asks: Where's the Data? HMCA offers 3 of their datasets for adoption as a promotional feature of Love Data Week.
Infographic of a house next to a gavel announcing the full webinar recording available for Examining Tenant Right to Counsel Policy from the HMCA website with link in the description.
HMCA event announcement. Hybrid seminar event with speaker Dante Chinni of the American Communities Project. This seminar is titled: Understanding American Divisions in the 21st Century. This free event will take place February 11th at noon in person at ISR building Thompson room 6080 and online via a zoom link - no registration needed. More information is within the link in the description.
Picture of a squirrel eating red berries on a snowy branch announcing the HMCA Winter Newsletter. This newsletter features a researcher spotlight on Dante Chinni, a new funding opportunity from RWJF, and upcoming conferences.
An infographic showing a hand stacking blocks to spell out "grant funding". This is an announcement from the Health and Medical Care Archive announcing the latest call for grant funding proposals from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The call for proposals is for the Local Data for Equitable Communities grant program.
An infographic depicting flowers spilling out from the top of a silhouette of a head. The text of the infographic is the title of a new Health and Medical Care Archive data release: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Mindset Intervention for Depression and Immune Dysregulation, United States, 2022-2023 (ICPSR 39316)
Promotion by the Health and Medical Care Archive of the ICPSR Data Fair and Love Data Week 2026. Theme: Where's the Data? February 9-13, 2026
Infographic honoring Veterans Day depicting U.S. military veterans sitting in a circle having a conversation.
Infographic announcing an upcoming webinar titled "Examining Tentant Right to Counsel Policy" featuring a gavel and toy house.
Image of a young boy and father kneeling on the floor playing with blocks. This infographic is promoting the latest data release from HMCA: Perspectives on Families in America Survey, United States, 2021.
Infographic inviting you to visit HMCA at booth #1321 with image of two women standing behind a booth at the APHA conference 2025
Infographic describing the American Health Values Survey Series which is a data collection available from HMCA that reveals what Americans believe about health, equity, and community.
Infographic announcing an upcoming webinar titled "Examining Tentant Right to Counsel Policy" featuring a gavel and toy house.
Infographic announcing a new data release for the Health and Medical Care Archive. The infographic features an image of a persons finger choosing a smiling cube instead of a cube with a sad face.
Infographic of people shaking hands announcing that HMCA will be exhibiting at the 2025 APHA meeting in Washington, DC.
Infographic about September 29th as World Heart Day with an image of a stethoscope wrapped around a red heart.
Infographic declaring September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month with a depiction of a person holding another persons hand.
Infographic about the latest HMCA data release of the American Communities Project. This image shows a diverse group of hands all meeting in the center.
Infographic promoting an upcoming event and inviting the reader to join the conversation. The event is promoted by HMCA and hosted by ISR and is scheduled for October 9-10, 2025. The title of the event is Complexity in the Social World: The Challenging Case of Structural Racism
Infographic of people in a large hall announcing that HMCA will be exhibiting at the 2025 APHA meeting in Washington, DC.
Infographic announcing the latest data release of the Forces of Change Survey featuring a piggy bank and stethoscope on a table.
Infographic of an open laptop with a rocket ship launching from the screen designating the launch of a new website for HMCA
Infographic about National Radio Day including a vintage-style radio.
Infographic of an open laptop with information about a live website demo
Infographic about immunizations with smiling child showing the bandaid on her shoulder.
Infographic about the HMCA Summer Newsletter including man reading in the grass
Infographic about a new HMCA data release
Infographic about Creating an NIH Data Management Sharing Plan with ICPSR
Infographic about HMCA exhibiting at AcademyHealth 2025 in June, in Minneapolis
Photo of the HMCA booth at AAPOR with booth number 217
Infographic about the HMCA Summer Program Workshop titled "Applied Methods for Studying Structural Racism, Sexism, and Other Systems of Oppression: Data, Measurement, and Modeling." For more information or to apply, follow this link: https://myumi.ch/nyjQk
Infographic about HMCA exhibiting at AAPOR 2025 in May, in St. Louis
Infographic about National Public Health Week from April 7-13, including a link to APHA free events and resources
Infographic about HMCA's spring newsletter plus a link to sign up for the quarterly newsletter