4363.0.55.001 - Australian Health Survey: Users' Guide, 2011-13

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Introduction
Structure of the Australian Health Survey
Release schedule
Survey design and operation
Scope
Sample design and selection
Data collection
Measures to maximise response
Response rates
Input coding
Edit checks
Output datasets
Weighting, benchmarking and estimation procedures
Health conditions
Self report comorbidity
Self-assessed health
Asthma
Arthritis
Cancer
Heart and circulatory conditions
Diabetes mellitus
Kidney disease
Osteoporosis
Sight and hearing
Long-term Conditions (Other)
Disability
Injuries
Bodily pain
Mental health and well-being
Female life stages
Health risk factors
Tobacco smoking
Alcohol
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Physical activity
Adult physical activity
Child physical activity (5 to 17 years)
Child physical activity (2 to 4 years)
Sedentary behaviour
Adult sedentary behaviour (NHS)
Adult sedentary behaviour (NNPAS)
Child sedentary screen-based activity (2 to 17 years)
Household rules and screen-based equipment
Sleep
Pedometer Steps
Blood pressure
Dietary behaviours
Food Security
Body Mass and Physical Measurements
Family stressors
Health related actions
Healthy lifestyles
Actions for specific long-term conditions
Other actions for selected conditions
Days away from work or study/school
Private health insurance
Use of medications
Breastfeeding
Population characteristics
Demographic characteristics
Education
Labour force characteristics
Income sources
Financial Stress
Health Cards
Housing
Household and family characteristics
Geographical Classifications
Nutrition
24-hour Dietary Recall
Food Intake
Discretionary Foods
Nutrient Intake
Usual Nutrient Intakes
Overview of The NCI Method
Model Implementation: data used and model specification
Reporting Against Nutrient Reference Values
Beaton’s Full Probability Method for Iron
Data Quality
Summary Tables
Food and Measure Coding
Data Quality
Interpretation of Results
Under-reporting in Nutrition Surveys
Comparison with Dietary Guidelines
Comparisons with Other Nutrition Surveys
Comparisons with 1995 NNS
Biomedical Measures
Biomedical comorbidity
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) biomarkers
Total cholesterol
High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol
Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol
Triglycerides
Apolipoprotein B (Apo B)
Diabetes biomarkers
Fasting plasma glucose
Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c)
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) biomarkers
Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)
Albumin/Creatinine ratio (ACR)
Albumin
Creatinine
Liver function biomarkers
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT)
Cotinine biomarker
Folate and vitamin B12 biomarkers
Serum folate
Red Cell Folate (RCF)
Vitamin B12
Iron biomarkers
Ferritin
Soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR)
Haemoglobin (Hb)
C-reactive protein (CRP)
Iodine biomarker
Vitamin D biomarker
Sodium biomarker
Potassium biomarker
Blood and urine collection, and laboratory analysis
Blood and urine collection
Laboratory procedures and quality control
Data quality and interpretation of results
Data quality
Interpretation of results
Data output and dissemination
Product availability
Other health and related publications

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