EHES Conference - Monitoring the Health of Europeans

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A EHES Conference leaflet (pdf).

The European Health Examination Survey (EHES) is a longstanding collaboration between European countries to collect nationally representative high quality health data which are comparable between countries and over time. The purpose of EHES is to facilitate evidence-based planning and evaluation of public health policies and actions. EHES is particularly valuable for monitoring major modifiable risk factors of chronic diseases, which cause 86% of deaths in Europe.

EHES Pilot project was conducted in 2009-2011. During that, standardized health examination surveys (HES) in the working age population were planned and piloted in 12 countries. Some of the countries had earlier national HESs and some were planning their first national HES. The core measurements, measurements which were included by all countries were weight, height, waist circumference and blood pressure, and blood samples were taken to measure lipid profiles and glucose or HbA1c. These are modifiable determinants of major chronic diseases not identified in health interview surveys. There was also a short questionnaire to complement the data on the examination measurements.

The EHES Conference will present the key results of the EHES Pilot project and provides a forum for the discussions on the needs and uses of health examination data on both policy making and research. The conference has oral presentations but also posters describing the results of the individual national HESs or pilot surveys and the details of the work of the EHES Reference Centre.