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European Health
Examination Survey
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What is EHES?
• A health examination survey (HES) • Includes both questionnaire and
physical measurements• Based on a random sample of the
general population• For many health indicators, the most
reliable data source• Complementary to EHIS and
administrative registers
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Why EHES?
• To collect comparable, high quality data on health of the European adult population
• To provide reliable and comparable data for planning and evaluation of health policies and health promotion activities, and research
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Setting up EHES
Phase I Phase II
Setting up EHES Reference Centre
Manual for all EU and EEA/EFTA countries
Training programme
Planning and preparing a national HES, including a pilot survey, in 14 countries
Full-size HES in the pilot countries
Planning, preparing and conducting a national HES in other countries
Gradual development to a sustainable EHES system
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Funding of Phase I
• EHES Reference Centre (RC) received funding from the EC/DG Sanco through Tender • Period August 2009-August 2011
• Planning and pilot surveys in 14 countries received funding from the EC/DG Sanco through Joint Action• Period January 2010-January 2012
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EHES target population
• Entire country• Permanent residents, including
institutionalized persons• Age group: 25-64 years
• Can be extend to 18+
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Core measurements
• Physical measurements• Weight• Height• Waist circumference• Blood pressure
• Blood samples• Total cholesterol• HDL cholesterol• Fasting glucose
• Questionnaire items• Basic background
characteristics• Health behaviours• Health status
• Where applicable, EHIS questions will be used
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HES measurements require
• Standardized protocols• Good training and quality control• Adherence to specific ethical and
legal requirements• Informed consent from the
participants
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Pilot countries
Finland
Germany
Netherlands
Poland
Czech Republic
SlovakiaHungary
Greece
Italy
MaltaSpain
Portugal
UK/England
Norway
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For more information
• EHES web site at
http://www.ehes.info