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Cohort Profile: The Health Survey for England

Mindell, J., Biddulph, J. P., Hirani, V., Stamatakis, E., Craig, R., Nunn, S., Shelton, N.·2012·International Journal of Epidemiology

Abstract

To monitor the health of the public in England, UK, the Central Health Monitoring Unit within the UK Department of Health commissioned an annual health examination survey, which became known as the Health Survey for England (HSE). The first survey was completed in 1991. The HSE covers all of England and is a nationally representative sample of those residing at private residential addresses. Each survey year consists of a new sample of private residential addresses and people. The HSE collects detailed information on mental and physical health, health-related behaviour, and objective physical and biological measures in relation to demographic and socio-economic characteristics of people aged 16 years and over at private residential addresses. There are two parts to the HSE; an interviewer visit, to conduct an interview and measure height and weight, then a nurse visit, to carry out further measurements and take biological samples. Since 1994, survey participants aged 16 years and over have been asked for consent to follow-up through linkage to mortality and cancer registration data, and from 2003, to the Hospital Episode Statistics database, thus converting annual cross-sectional survey data into a longitudinal study. Annual survey data (1994-2009) are available through the UK Data Archive.

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Authors
Mindell, J., Biddulph, J. P., Hirani, V., Stamatakis, E., Craig, R., Nunn, S., & Shelton, N.
Affiliations
  • University College London (GB)
  • NatCen Social Research (GB)
Corresponding author
Mindell, J.
Venue
International Journal of Epidemiology
Published
2012-01-09
Volume
41
Issue
6
Pages
1585-1593
ISSN
  • 0300-5771 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-3685
OpenAlex
W2121248921
Cited by
312
References
22
Citations by year
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FWCI
39.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • International Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Funders
University of Essex
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Medical Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
Health Survey for England, population health monitoring, health examination surveys, mental health, physical health, health behavior, biological specimen, height and weight measurement, longitudinal cohort, England
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Body Weights and Measures, England, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mortality, Neoplasms, Patient Admission, Socioeconomic Factors, Cohort Studies, Biomarkers, Health Behavior, Young Adult

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