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 ofthe national

manuals

Review of the national manuals

Update of the national manuals

Translation tonational

languages

Publication of the national

manuals

Schedule

0202 1203 06 10 12 03 06 09

2010 20122011

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

2nd 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

Change information

• Share your manual with others• Look solutions together • Learn from each other