1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

Survey Operations Manuals, Brochures, Consent Documents

 

These manuals, brochures, and consent documents are part of the protocol for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics.

 

Exam Manuals

Manuals listed below were developed for interviewer and examiner training.  These are important references for NHANES as all correct procedures, policies, and standards are comprehensively detailed.  Manuals were first produced in January 1999.  Dates on the first page of each manual reflect the most recent revision.

Exam

• Audiometry [PDF - 6.2 MB]
• Balance [PDF - 351 KB]
• Body Composition [PDF - 2.1 MB]
• Body Measurements [PDF - 1.4 MB]
• Cardiovascular Fitness [PDF - 6.6 MB]
• Composite International Diagnostic Interview [PDF - 162 KB]
• Dietary Interviewer (Chapters 1-5) [PDF - 1 MB]
• Dietary Interviewer (Chapters 6) [PDF - 3.1 MB]
• Dietary Interviewer (Chapters 7-9)  [PDF - 1.4 MB]
• Dietary Interviewer (Chapters Appendices) [PDF - 41 KB]
  • Measuring Guides for the Dietary Recall Interview
• Lower Extremity Disease [PDF - 2.5 MB]
• MEC Interviewer (Chapters 1-4) [PDF - 1.1 MB]
• MEC Interviewer (Chapter 5) [PDF - 1.6 MB]
• MEC Interviewer (Chapter 6 Sections 1-2) [PDF - 2.3 MB]
• MEC Interviewer (Chapter 6 Sections 3) [PDF - 3 MB]
• MEC Interviewer (Chapter 6 Sections 4-5) [PDF - 4.2 MB]
• MEC Interviewer (Chapters 7-8 Appendix A) [PDF - 3 MB]
• Muscle Strength [PDF - 1.3 MB]
• Oral Health (Dental Recorder) [PDF - 589 KB]
• Oral Health (Dental Examiner) [PDF - 1.8 MB]
• Physician [PDF - 6.2 MB]
• Tuberculosis [PDF - 4.7 MB]
• Vision [PDF - 902 KB]
• Specimen Collection [PDF - 422 KB]

 

1999 Brochures

Brochures listed below were designed to help participants understand the NHANES survey as well as some specific testing.

• NHANES Overview [PDF - 945 KB]
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Brochure [PDF - 580 KB]

 

Consent Documents

The NHANES protocol was reviewed and approved by the National Center for Health Statistic’s Institutional Review Board (IRB).  Below are all informational brochures and consent forms used in the informed consent process.

1999 Consent Documents

• Household Interview Consent [PDF - 201 KB]
• Dust Study Consent Form [PDF - 174 KB]
• Child 7-11 years Examination Assent Brochure and Form [PDF - 2.5 MB]
• Youth 12-17 yrs Examination Assent Brochure and Form [PDF - 4.1 MB]
• Parental Permission Examination Brochure and Form [PDF - 4.2 MB]
• Adults 18 years and older Examination Brochure and Form [PDF - 4.3 MB]
• Future Studies/Storage Asset Form - Participant 7-17 [PDF - 195 KB]
• Future Studies/Storage Consent Form - Parental Permission [PDF - 203 KB]
• Future Studies/Storage Consent Form - Adults 18 and Older [PDF - 239 KB]

2000 Consent Documents

• Household Interview Consent [PDF - 208 KB]
• Dust Study Consent Form [PDF - 214 KB]
• Exam Child 7-11 yrs Assent Brochure and Form [PDF - 2.9 MB]
• Exam Consent/Parental Permission/Assent Brochure and  Form [PDF - 5.5 MB]
• Future Studies/Storage Consent Form [PDF - 291 KB]