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. 2021:43:e2021025.
doi: 10.4178/epih.e2021025. Epub 2021 Apr 19.

Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 20th anniversary: accomplishments and future directions

Kyungwon Oh  1 , Yoonjung Kim  1 , Sanghui Kweon  1 , Soyeon Kim  1 , Sungha Yun  1 , Suyeon Park  1 , Yeon-Kyeng Lee  2 , Youngtaek Kim  3 , Ok Park  1 , Eun Kyeong Jeong  4
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Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 20th anniversary: accomplishments and future directions

Kyungwon Oh et al. Epidemiol Health. 2021.

Abstract

The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) was initiated in 1998 to provide evidence for the development and evaluation of health policies and programs. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency is responsible for the KNHANES and has conducted it as a series of surveys. Over the past 20 years, efforts to produce accurate, timely, and nationwide health statistics have been refined by establishing a continuous annual survey system with full-time field staff, incrementally expanding survey components, collaborating with relevant academic societies for quality control, and revising the survey methods. Additionally, the utility of the collected data was increased by linking the KNHANES data with related data from other government agencies or institutions and making the overall data publicly available on the official website of KNHANES (https://knhanes.kdca.go.kr). Additional long-term plans are being developed, including plans to continue producing nationwide health indicators and invigorating the utilization of the KNHANES data.

Keywords: Chronic disease indicators; Health behaviors; Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Nutrition assessment.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare for this study.

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Operation of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
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Survey components of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. 1 Rotating items may be changed by plan revision.
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