Process for preparing the national manuals Hanna Tolonen

Contents Follows the contents of the EHES Manual Part A: Planning and preparation of the national HES Part B: Fieldwork procedures

Part A Management and organization Selection of measurements Target population and sample size Legal, ethical and data confidentiality issues Sampling procedures Timing of the survey Budget and funders Dissemination and publicity plan Examination sites Questionnaire administration Fieldwork staff Collection and storage of blood samples Selection of the laboratory Training programme Recruitment of participants Quality assurance Data management

Part B Inviting and motivating participants Instructions to the participants Obtaining informed consent Order of measurements Fieldwork logistics Measurement instruments and procedures Data management and processing Data analysis Quality control

Depth of the manual For 14 piloting countries Detailed manuals are expected For full-size HES (not only for pilot) For other 16 countries More general approach is acceptable For full-size HES

Process EHES Manual Outline of contents for national manuals Preparation of the national manuals Review of the national manuals Update of the national manuals Translation to national languages Publication of the national manuals

Schedule EHES Manual Part A EHES Manual Parts B and C Final conference Translation of national manuals Outline of contents of national manuals Part A of national manuals 2 nd Training seminar 09 Part B of national manuals Review of Part A of national manuals Review of Part B of national manuals

Note to schedule Pilot countries have to adjust schedule to the timing of their pilot surveys National manual has to be ready before the fieldwork of the pilot starts

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