Oakland County has been selected to participate in the
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES) during the summer of 2017.
What is NHANES?
NHANES is a survey used to evaluate the health and nutritional
status of adults and children across the United States.
Why is NHANES unique?
- Determines the prevalence of major diseases and risk factors
for diseases
- Combines interviews and physical examinations of
participants
- Has been in existence since 1960 and surveyed over 190,000 people
What are the overall benefits of NHANES?
- Participants will find out more about their overall health
and the health of their family.
- Results from local participants and persons across the
nation will be combined in order to:
- Provide statistics that influence public health policy and
services
- Identify risk factors for certain diseases
- Reduce problems associated with heart disease, diabetes,
high cholesterol and more
How is data collected?
- Step 1: Home-based interviews with CDC employee
- Step 2 (Based on eligibility): Mobile Examination Centers
- Blood pressure testing
- Height and weight measurements
- Oral health screening with dentist
- Laboratory tests on blood & urine
What are the benefits to participating?
- Many measurements/tests performed are unique and not
commonly done in doctor’s offices during routine physical exams.
- Chance for participants to take important tests and gain
additional health information about themselves.
- Tests are done at no expense to participants.
- NHANES will pay back participants for transportation and
baby/elder care.
Who in Oakland County will be participating in NHANES?
- Communities throughout Oakland County will have residents
participating in the survey.
- Individual eligibility is determined by a set of questions
administered by a NHANES interviewer during a home interview.
- For more information on how participants are selected,
please visit the CDC NHANES webpage.
Who do I call with questions?
- To discuss the survey or to speak to a CDC Senior Medical
Officer about your results, call 1-800-452-6115.
- For questions about your rights as a survey participant,
call Research Ethics Review Board at the National Center for Health Statistics
at 1-800-223-8118.