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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics. Tour of the Website. Tatiana Louis, MS. National Center for Health Statistics. A brief history of health examination surveys. National Health Examination Survey: The Beginning.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics Tour of the Website Tatiana Louis, MS National Center for Health Statistics
National Health Examination Survey: The Beginning • July 3, 1956 ---- National Health Survey Act authorizing a continuous survey to provide statistical data on the amount, distribution, and effects of illness and disability in the U.S. • Established a Health Interview Survey with periodic “special surveys” based on health examinations (the “Health Examination Survey”) • Also proposed health records survey
National Health Examination Survey: From an Idea to a Reality • Planning during 1957 and 1958 • Decision to use mobile examination centers • Three pilots in 1958 and 1959 • Survey begins in October 1959 • NCHS formed in 1960
National Health (and Nutrition) Examination Surveys Survey Dates Ages NHES I1960-62 18-79 years NHES II1963-65 6-11 years NHES III 1966-70 12-17 years NHANES I 1971-75 1-74 years NHANES II 1976-80 6 mo.-74 years HHANES 1982-84 6 mo.-74 years NHANES III 1988-94 2 mo. + NHANES 1999- All ages OP96S025
National Health Examination Survey (NHES I): Staffing • Two mobile examination centers (MEC) in operation • MEC staff -- doctor, dentist, x-ray tech and interviewer • Household interviewers and other staff to schedule examinations
NHANES Mobile Exam Center OP96S041
NHANES mobile examination centers • Standard environment • Standard equipment • Standard specimen collection • Standard staff procedures • Automated data collection • Minimal site-specific error OP96S043
National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys Survey Dates Ages NHES I 1960-62 18-79 years NHES II 1963-65 6-11 years NHES III 1966-70 12-17 years NHANES I 1971-75 1-74 years NHANES II 1976-80 6 mo.-74 years HHANES 1982-84 6 mo.-74 years NHANES III 1988-94 2 mo. + NHANES 1999- All ages OP96S025
National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys Survey Dates Ages NHES I 1960-62 18-79 years NHES II 1963-65 6-11 years NHES III 1966-70 12-17 years NHANES I 1971-75 1-74 years NHANES II 1976-80 6 mo.-74 years HHANES 1982-84 6 mo.-74 years NHANES III 1988-94 2 mo. + NHANES 1999- All ages OP96S025
National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys Survey Dates Ages NHES I 1960-62 18-79 years NHES II 1963-65 6-11 years NHES III 1966-70 12-17 years NHANES I 1971-75 1-74 years NHANES II 1976-80 6 mo.-74 years HHANES 1982-84 6 mo.-74 years NHANES III 1988-94 2 mo. + NHANES 1999- All ages OP96S025
NHANES Interviewing staff • Interviewers (27) • Field Offices (3) • Office staff (5) OP96S046
NHANES Mobile Examination Center (MEC)staff • Physician • Dietary interviewers (2) • Private health interviewers (2) • Health technicians (4) • Phlebotomist (1) • Manager • Coordinator OP96S046
Goals of NHANES • Estimate the prevalence of health conditions and risk behaviors • Describe awareness, treatment and control of selected diseases • Study the relationship of diet and health • Monitor trends over time OP96S023
OBJECTIVES • Overview of our NEW website • How to locate pertinent information on the existing website • How to locate current and historic NHANES datasets • Download the Analytic Guidelines
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