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National Drug Facts Chat Day
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Public Education Campaign
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CMS
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NIDA, NIAAA, NIMH
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and several partner U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agencies and National Institutes of Health Institutes "Chat" in real time with high school students across the country. The students ask questions (anonymously) on drugs and get research-based responses directly from NIDA and other government scientists.
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National Food and Nutrient Analysis Program (NFNAP)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC, FDA, IHS
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NCI, NEI, NHLBI, NIA, NICHD, NIDDK, OD/DPCPSI/ODP, OD/DPCPSI/ORWH
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"The generation of original analytical data for foods at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is conducted through the National Food and Nutrient Analysis Program (NFNAP) in collaboration with multiple groups including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other federal agencies. NFNAP includes statistically based sampling plans for Key Foods, and analysis of foods by qualified laboratories. The five Specific Aims of the NFNAP are to: 1) establish a monitoring program for Key Foods and critical nutrients. Key Foods are frequently consumed foods and ingredients, which contributed, collectively, more than 75% of the intake of any specific nutrient for the U.S. population; 2) conduct comprehensive analyses of selected Key Foods; 3) develop databases for high priority foods consumed by U.S. ethnic subpopulations; 4) develop databases for new bioactive components; and 5) develop a validated database for ingredients in dietary supplements. Analytical data generated through the NFNAP are compiled and released in annual updates of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR). They are also used to calculate estimates for related foods not analyzed, to assess nutrient variability, and to evaluate methods for estimating the nutrient content of multi-ingredient foods. These values will be used by the Food Surveys Research Group (FSRG), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to develop the Food and Nutrient Dataset for Dietary Surveys used in the “What We Eat in America” (WWEIA) component of NHANES.
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National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC
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NHLBI, NHGRI, NINDS
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The Forum was founded to implement a public health action plan to prevent heart disease and stroke.
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National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS)
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Health Survey
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CMS, OS
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NIA
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The National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) will examine how the daily lives of older adults change as they age. This research will help scientists understand the social and economic consequences of late-life disability for individuals, families, and society.
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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
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Health Survey
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CDC, FDA, OS
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OD/DPCPSI/ODP, NCI, NHLBI, NIA, NIDDK, OD/DPCPSI
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A program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. The survey is unique in that it combines interviews and physical examinations.
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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) - Audiometric Exams and Hearing-Related Questions
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Health Survey
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CDC
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NIDCD
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To provide support to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC for audiometry testing and related questions on hearing loss and noise exposure in adolescents ages 12 to 19 years in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for data collection year 2007. The study collects pure-tone, air conduction hearing thresholds at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 kHz in each ear separately, as well as otoscopic exams, tympanometry, and acoustic reflexes on representative samples of the non-institutionalized U.S. population in sound-treated booths meeting recommended ANSI standards. Questionnaire information about tinnitus (frequency and degree of burden), use of hearing aids and other assistive devices, as well as exposure to firearms or other sources of loud noise are collected in home interviews prior to the subjects’ visit to the mobile exam centers (MECs) for audiometric exams. A similar hearing component was part of NHANES, 1999–2004, conducted on a representative sample of U.S. adults, ages 20 to 69 years. In 2005–2006, the sampled age ranges were changed to include: (a) elderly subjects, 70 years and older (not tested in FY 2007), and (b) adolescents, 12 to 19 years old. The hearing of U.S. children was last tested in 1988–1994 in NHANES III. One of the Healthy People 2010 goals is to assess (with the goal of reducing) noise-induced hearing loss in children. For this purpose, audiograms are examined and “notches” identified in the higher frequency ranges at 3, 4 or 6 kHz as a surrogate marker of noise exposure. Computer algorithms to identify the notches have been developed. The NHANES III data serve as a baseline, but to assess progress on this goal in Healthy People 2010, hearing thresholds of U.S. children must be measured again in NHANES. NCHS directs the data collection contractor (i.e., WESTAT) in establishing and revising protocols for the hearing component and in preparing training and field manuals. NCHS provides NIDCD with an opportunity to collaboratively review summary data for purposes of quality control during the data collection period and, also, provides NIDCD with a data file for quality review approximately three months before the Public Use data release
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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) - Physical Activity and Muscle Strength Components
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Research Initiative
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CDC
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NCI, NHLBI, NIA, NIDDK, OD/DPCPSI/OBSSR, OD/DPCPSI/ORWH
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For the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-14, the National Cancer Institute proposed and coordinated funding from multiple NIH Institutes and the Department of Defense for two components: a new technology physical activity monitor to be worn on the wrist and a measurement of muscle strength using a hand-grip dynamometer. The wrist-worn accelerometer will provide the first objective measurement of sleep duration in a nationally representative sample, in addition to measuring physical activity movement. The muscle-strength measure will provide an indicator of total body strength for children, adults, and older adults who are NHANES participants.
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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Cardiovascular Component
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Health Survey
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CDC
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NHLBI, NCI, NIA, NIAAA, NICHD, NIDCD, NIDCR, NIDDK
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The purpose of this collaboration is to inform the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Nation on the status of key measures of cardiovascular, pulmonary, and sleep health, such as blood pressure, serum lipid levels, risk factors for disease, airway flow limitation, reports of efforts to control weight, and reports of sleep disturbances, and disease prevalence in the US civilian population. NIH identifies key cost-effective basic measures for these conditions and behaviors, relevant to its mission and amenable to being utilized in a mobile hospital setting. NIH staff work with National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) staff to implement the most cost-effective of the measures, to monitor and help manage the survey in progress, and to evaluate and publish the resulting data.
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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Oral Health Component
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Health Survey
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CDC
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NIDCR
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The periodic oral health component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES); included enamel fluorosis imaging study for inclusion in future NHANES.
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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), Chemosenses Component
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Health Survey
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CDC
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NIDCD
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The purpose of this agreement is to provide funding for scientific and technical support as well as quality assurance for the chemosensory (smell & taste) examination and questionnaire components in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which is operated by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NIDCD funds will support incorporating standard measures of taste and smell into this nationally-representative, population based survey to determine the prevalence of taste and/or smell impairment in the U.S., as well as to identify risk factors for taste/smell loss and possible associated conditions such as obesity, altered dietary intake, and chronic illness (asthma, cardiovascular disease, etc.). The protocol will undergo pilot testing and evaluation in NHANES 2010 before implementation nationally in NHANES 2011 and beyond. The protocol builds upon standard clinical test procedures, the 2006–2009 Beaver Dam Wisconsin (BOSS Study) taste exam, and the recommendations of the chemosensory scientists who have designed the smell and taste exam protocols for the NIH Toolbox. This seems to be an appropriate time to add taste/smell exams to NHANES, since: 1) there will be a full dental exam component for the first time in several years added in 2011, and 2) the NHANES nutritional epidemiologists have recently recognized the value of adding smell and taste testing to augment the extensive NHANES diet survey components. Approximately 2,000 adults, ages 40 to 85+ years, from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds will participate each year in the taste and smell exam. NIDCD has funded an IAA with NCHS/NHANES and NCHS will contract the field work.
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