FIG. 4.

Example of registry data source utilization to answer a research question. This figure illustrates how registry data can be sourced and utilized to answer one of the ten research questions: “What is the prevalence of self-harm behaviors in this sample of youth?” The data field for “History of Self Harm” is within the major database category “Health History,” subcategory “Mental Health History”. Shown also are other mental health data fields relevant to the question being investigated. These fields are potential mediating and confounding variables that should be included in the analysis. The relevant data fields are selected and exported from the REDCap database for analysis.