2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
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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. Dates on the first page of each manual reflect the most recent revision.
Exam
- Anthropometry (Body Measures) [PDF – 4.7 MB]
- Audiometry [PDF – 4.2 MB]
- Dietary Interviewer – In Person [PDF – 4.4 MB]
- Dietary Interviewer – Phone Follow-Up [PDF – 8 MB]
- Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) Scan [PDF – 3.6 MB]
- Home Urine [PDF - 1 MB]
- HPV Oral Rinse [PDF – 486 KB]
- Laboratory Procedures Manual [PDF - 8.9 MB]
- MEC Interviewer [PDF – 12.2 MB]
- Oral Glucose Tolerance [PDF – .4 MB]
- Oral Health (Dental Examiner) [PDF – 2.4 MB]
- Physician [PDF – 5.5 MB]
- Respiratory Health – Bronchodilator [PDF – 1 MB]
- Respiratory Health - Exhaled Nitric Oxide [PDF – 1.8 MB]
- Respiratory Health – Spirometry [PDF – 1.4 MB]
- Volatile Organic Compounds and Perchlorate [PDF – 1.1 MB]
Brochures
2009-2010 Brochures
Brochures listed below were designed to help participants understand the NHANES survey and testing.
- NHANES Overview [PDF - 1.4 MB]
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Brochure [PDF - 8.4 MB]
- Confidentiality Brochure [PDF - 112 KB]
- Confidentiality Brochure (Spanish) [PDF - 97 KB]
2009-2010 Consent Documents
- Home Interview Consent [PDF - 48 KB]
- Home Interview Consent (Spanish) [PDF - 53 KB]
- Consent and Parental Permission for Specimen Storage and Continuing Studies Using DNA [PDF - 49 KB]
- Consent and Parental Permission for Specimen Storage and Continuing Studies Using DNA (Spanish) [PDF - 57 KB]
- Consent/Assent and Parental Permission for Specimen Storage and Continuing Studies [PDF - 54 KB]
- Consent/Assent and Parental Permission for Specimen Storage and Continuing Studies (Spanish) [PDF - 29 KB]
- Examination Consent
- Child Assent brochure [PDF - 676 KB]
- Child Assent form [PDF - 11 KB]
- Child Assent brochure (Spanish) [PDF - 674 KB]
- Child Assent form (Spanish) [PDF - 11 KB]
- Adult Consent brochure [PDF - 807 KB]
- Adult Consent form [PDF - 58 KB]
- Adult Consent brochure (Spanish) [PDF - 681 KB]
- Adult Consent form (Spanish) [PDF - 28 KB]
- Health Measurements

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