Population Health Surveys at STC Prepared for: B.C. Research
Data Centre Date: Nov. 15, 2000
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Why Health Information Matters &$80 billion a year on
health care &How do we improve the health of the population
&Why are some healthier than others &The most critical
contributors to health are not health related -- social status,
control over work, education (CPRN)
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National Population Health Survey (NPHS) longitudinal survey of
17,276 households and 2,300 residents of institutions first cycle
in 1994, continuing every 2 years Cycle 4, transition to only
longitudinal
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Self perceived health - a longitudinal and cross sectional
analysis. Aged 65 + Table 2
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Percentage of household population aged 65 or older in 1994/95
entering home care by 1996/97, by selected characteristics Chart
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Chart 6
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Opportunities to improve health information &Health
Information Roadmap: a four-year action plan to strengthen Canadas
health information system; & Creation of Canadian Community
Health Survey (CCHS) & Person oriented database
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NPHS and CCHS - A More Robust Survey Program &NPHS
longitudinal sample of 17,276 households national and provincial
level estimates &CCHS cross-sectional sample of 130,00
respondents national, provincial and sub provincial level
estimates
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The Canadian Community Health Survey &Objectives
&Estimates at the community health region level
&Flexibility to enhance and vary content to meet unique
regional and provincial needs regular data collection timely data
release
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Canadian Community Health Survey Cycles and Components
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Canadian Community Health Survey Design &2000/2001 Sample
size -- 130,000, stratified by health region Questionnaire content
30 minutes for priority items30 minutes for priority items 10
minutes of optional items selected by health regions10 minutes of
optional items selected by health regions standard socio-economic
itemsstandard socio-economic items Estimates for health regions,
provinces and Canada &2001/2002 Sample size -- 30,000 Proposed
focused study on mental health and well- being
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CCHS - Year 1 Survey Sample Frames &Area frame
(computer-assisted personal interview) 94,000 households from the
LFS structure 78,000 households with 1 person selected78,000
households with 1 person selected 16,000 households with 2 persons
selected16,000 households with 2 persons selected &RDD frame
(computer-assisted telephone interview) 20,000 households with 1
person selected these figures will be boosted before going in the
field
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Common Content &Alcohol &Alcohol dependence / abuse
&Blood pressure check &Breastfeeding &Chronic condition
&Contacts with mental health professionals &Exposure to
second hand smoke &Food insecurity &Fruit & vegetable
consumption &General health &Health care utilization
&Health status - SF36 &Health Utility Index (HUI)
&Height / Weight &Injuries &Mammography &PAP smear
test &Physical activities &PSA test &Restriction of
activities &Smoking &Tobacco alternatives &Two-week
disability &Household composition & housing &Income
&Labour force &Socio-demographic characteristics
&Administration
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Optional Content &Breast examinations &Breast self
examinations &Changes made to improve health &Child &
adult stressors (traumas) &Dental visits &Depression
&Distress &Driving under influence &Drug use &Eye
examinations &Flu shots &Home care &Mastery &Mood
&Ongoing problems &Physical check-up &Recent life
events &Sedentary activities &Self-esteem &Sexual
behaviours &Smoking cessation aids &Social support
&Spirituality &Suicidal thoughts and attempts &Use of
protective equipment &Work stress
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CCHS Cycle 1.1 Preliminary Counts Province Pop. Size No. Health
Regions # Records* Province Pop. Size No. Health Regions # Records*
NFLD 551K 6 4,026 PEI 135K 2 3,617 NS 909K 6 5,226 NB 738K 7 5,039
QUE7,139K 1622,759 ONT 10,714K 3738,910 MAN1,114K 11 8,443 SASK
990K 11 8,062 ALB2,697K 1714,499 BC3,725K 20 18,218 CANADA 29,000K
133 130,917 Pop. SizeRecords Pop. Size # Records * Territories: YUK
25,000 791 NWT 36,000 985 NUN 22,000 342 * Preliminary numbers,
November 2001
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Status of Collection CCHS 1.1 &Collection completed Nov 3,
2001; &National response rate 85%; &Projected provincial
response rates of at least 80%; &Achieved target of more than
130,000 records.
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CCHS 1.1 Release Line-up &Preliminary Results- Dec. 2001
&Shared Files - April 2002 &Official Data Release - May
2002 &Analytical Results - June 2002 &Public Use File -
August 2002 &Workshops - Fall 2002
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CCHS 1.1 Products & Services &Micro Data Files for
sharing partners and researchers; &Analysis that informs the
general public; &Health Indicators on-line for health region
information; &Workshops to build capacity.
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Organization of Electronic Data Cansim II Data Warehouse $ for
Download Canadian Statistics Free Canada Level Detail Health
Indicators Free Detailed Health Region Information Health Region
information in the Community Profile Free, Simple
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health care service encounter (e.g. hospital in- patient stay;
date, diagnosis, procedures, etc.) personal interview content
(socio-demographic, disability, etc. + info for other family
members) attributes of persons geographic neighbourhood person
jperson i tt+2t+4t+6 Linked Sample Data Structure
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Mental Health & Well-Being Objectives Mental Health &
Well-Being Objectives 1. Determine prevalence rates of selected
mental disorders to study adequacy of health care; 2. Juxtapose
access and utilisation of mental health services with respect to
perceived needs; 3. Assess the disability associated with mental
health problems to individuals and society.
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CCHS 1.2 Study Methodology &Face to face interview;
&Sample of 30,000 individuals, aged 15 years and older;
&Based on WHO non clinical approach, that profiles disorders
depending on symptoms, duration and severity, (ICD10, DSM IV).
Content: General Information Content: General Information
&General health &Restriction of activities &Chronic
illness &Well-being and satisfaction with life
&Spirituality &Demographics &Smoking &Social
Support &Distress &Stress, Work Stress &Labour force
activity &Income
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Surveying Challenges &Balance between individual privacy
and informed research; &keeping abreast of emerging issues;
&collecting increasingly sophisticated information e.g. mental
health, physical measures, dietary recall
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C C H S Questionnaire Content and Sample Design Information is
available on the Statistics Canada Web Site. Questionnaire Content
and Sample Design Information is available on the Statistics Canada
Web Site.www.statcan.canphs-ensp@statcancchs-escc@statcan