Public Health Data of the People, by the People, for the People: A Public Health of Consequence, June 2023

ABSTRACT

The author discusses a study by Krieger and colleagues, published within the issue which presents information on the alarming decreases in response rates across six national U.S. surveys in 2020 compared with those in 2019. Topics include people who were more likely to complete surveys than those who did, importance of the application of an equity-focused lens to data collection, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on response rates.