2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Survey Operations Manuals, Brochures, Consent Documents
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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 - 1.6 MB]
- Body Measurements [PDF - 731 KB]
- Cardiovascular Fitness [PDF - 6.6 MB]
- Composite International Diagnostic Interview [PDF - 162 KB]
- Dietary Interviewer - In Person [PDF - 9 MB]
- Dietary Interviewer - Phone Followup [PDF - 12 MB]
- 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 - 692 KB]
- Oral Health (Dental Recorder) [PDF - 589 KB]
- Oral Health (Dental Examiner) [PDF - 1.8 MB]
- Phone Followup Dietary Interviewer [PDF - 8 MB]
- Physician [PDF - 4.8 MB]
- Specimen Collection [PDF - 465 KB]
- Vision [PDF - 835 KB]
2001-2002 Brochures
Brochures listed below were designed to help participants understand the NHANES survey as well as some specific testing.
- NHANES Overview [PDF - 746 KB]
- NHANES Overview in Español [PDF - 553 KB]
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Brochure [PDF - 316 KB]
2001-2002 Consent Documents

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