NYC Hanes: Design of a Community Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

• Activity Number: 160
• Type: Contributed
• Date/Time: Monday, August 9, 2004 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
• Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
• Author(s): Jill M. Montaquila*+ and Leyla Mohadjer and Lester R. Curtin and R. Charon Gwynn and Lorna Thorpe
• Companies: Westat and Westat and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Keywords: local area study ; sample design ; area sample

Abstract

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) are one of several health related programs sponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). A unique feature of these surveys is the collection of health data by means of medical examinations on a nationally representative sample of the U.S. population. Because health and nutrition characteristics vary considerably by demographic and geographic characteristics, intensive study of particular subgroups through the "community" HANES model has been a longstanding interest. The first survey that followed this model was the Hispanic HANES (HHANES, 1982-1984), which produced estimates for three major Hispanic subgroups. In 2003, NCHS and Westat agreed to provide technical expertise on a project spearheaded by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a community HANES in New York City. Interviews and examinations for NYC HANES will be conducted during the summer of 2004 on a representative sample of the NYC adult population. This paper presents an overview of the community HANES model, and gives a summary of the objectives, sample design, and analytic capabilities of NYC HANES.