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Process and Results fromProcess and Results fromthe NHANES Forumthe NHANES Forum

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters for Disease Control and PreventionNational Center for Health Statistics

•NHANES Forum – July 30, 1996

•DHANES Forum – June 10, 2003“Achieving excellence in health

examination statistics”

•NHANES Forum – September 11-12, 2003 “Taking NHANES into the Future”

NHANES ForumsNHANES Forums

Objectives•To obtain wide input on the content

and operation of the 2005-06 NHANES in terms of emerging science and public health issues

•To learn the critical public health and policy needs that should be addressed by NHANES

•To provide guidance on setting priorities in conducting the survey and processing the data

September NHANES ForumSeptember NHANES Forum

•To consider the feasibility and importance of including components of community HANES or longitudinal follow-up of previous years’ samples in outlying years

•Raise the visibility of NHANES and the Integrated nature of the new NHANES


•Participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central theme of strategic importance.

• Issues that are most important to the participants are raised.

•All of the most important ideas, discussion, data, recommendations, conclusions, questions for further study, and plans for immediate action can be made available to an entire organization or community within days of the event.

Open Space (OS) TechnologyOpen Space (OS) Technology

Almost 100 participants

•Public

•Private

•Non-profit

•Academic institutional

•Other stakeholders


•28 sessions

•Headlines and action items for each session

•Forum sessions on NHANES website

September NHANES ForumSeptember NHANES ForumHighlightsHighlights

What didn’t get brought up and discussed:•More referral assessments post-

exam, like PSA•Health economics analysis•High priority topics, such as lab,

infectious diseases•Sample design issues: oversampling,

thematic vs. current HANES•Cost/benefit indicators

September NHANES ForumSeptember NHANES ForumHighlightsHighlights

Reaction positive (93%)In regard to NHANES, Forum participants:

•Increased their knowledge of NHANES; what was being done and what

was being planned

•Better understood the NCHS perspective

•Became more aware of availability of technical support

•Planned to have more positive communication and collaboration with NHANES staff

September NHANES ForumSeptember NHANES ForumParticipant FeedbackParticipant Feedback

•Think outside the box regarding NHANES; brainstorm innovative methods and survey design ideas with colleagues and partners

•Inform public agencies about NHANES data and efforts to enhance coordination

•Work to promote importance of NHANES to policy makers

•Look for resources for state/community HANES


In regard to OS Technology:•Initial skepticism, but surprisingly

effective•Good for brainstorming; wouldn’t

have been as effective if institute-directed issues had to be discussed

•Leveled the playing field in terms of people feeling comfortable sharing ideas

•Connections made with people with similar interests


June 10 DHANES Forum•NHANES Core•Getting More Information from NHANES•How do we better communicate our

interests across the center?

September 11-12 Forum•National Children’s Survey and overlap

with NHANES•Community HANES•International collaboration and

cooperation•Diet attitude, knowledge, and behavior•Linking NHANES data with other sources

DHANES Follow-up onDHANES Follow-up onAction ItemsAction Items

NHANES web siteNHANES web site

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm

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