The European Health Examination Survey (EHES) is a collaboration between organizers of national health examination surveys (HES) in Europe. EHES supports capacity building in the EU Member States and aims to ensure high quality and comparability of the surveys.

HESs include questionnaires as well as physical measurements, such as blood pressure, and collection of biological samples, such as blood or urine. Initially, EHES focused on a number of core measurements related to major chronic diseases and their risk factors, and has later provided standardized procedures for some tests of physical functioning as well. For other measurements, EHES provides references to existing standards and encourages collaboration between survey organisers.

This project provides the tools for a full-scale Health Examination Survey (HES) in 14 countries, including fieldwork, data collection, assessment and reporting methods providing detailed plans and the necessary preparation for Partners countries to produce high quality comparable data on key health indicators.

Project Partners

https://www.hhf-greece.gr/partner-organizations#ehes

Funding:

European Commission DG SANCO Programme of Community Action in the Field of Health (2008-2013)