HSCIC commissions and manages contracts to carry out surveys on all aspects of health and social care.
Currently the surveys it manages includes, for example:
Health Survey for England
Health Survey for England: Blood bank
Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Amongst Young People
Dental Health Survey of Children and Young People
Infant Feeding Survey
Adult Dental Health Survey
HSCIC analysts and data experts have experience of running complex health surveys.
They can carry out surveys on behalf of other organisations, both local and national. The service includes:
• offering advice on running and commissioning surveys
• commissioning and managing whole surveys
• adding questions in existing surveys
• adding sample boosts in existing surveys.
A sample boost involves carrying out additional questionnaires to build a more robust sample depending on customer requirements, for example additional surveys could be conducted for a certain geographical area or a certain demographic group.
4. Population surveys – Providing a local picture of the nation’s health and wellbeing
Survey of Carers in Households
The Survey of Carers in Households was run in
England in 2007 to establish the prevalence of caring
in England, the demographic profile of carer and the
impact of caring duties upon themselves.
Carers over 16 were identified via a short screening
questionnaire at randomly selected postcodes. They
were then asked to take part in a face to face interview.
Download the findings from the latest survey
www.hscic.gov.uk/pubs/carersurvey0910
What About Youth?
The ‘What About Youth?’ survey 2014 is the first of its
type. It will collect data on a range of factors, such as
smoking, drinking, drug use, emotional wellbeing, diet
and physical activity amongst 15 year olds in England.
The survey is undergoing a large scale trial early in
2014. If this is successful, a main stage survey will
be carried out in late 2014 with outputs expected in
late 2015.
The key feature of ‘What About Youth?’ is that sample
size has been designed to produce outputs that are
reliable and robust at a Local Authority level. This
would enable comparisons with other LAs as well as
the national average.
www.hscic.gov.uk 0845 300 6016 enquiries@hscic.gov.uk
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Our analysts and data experts have experience of running complex health surveys.
We can carry out surveys on behalf of other organisations, both local and national. The service includes:
• offering advice on running and commissioning surveys
• commissioning and managing whole surveys
• adding questions in existing surveys
• adding sample boosts in existing surveys.
A sample boost involves carrying out additional questionnaires to build a more robust sample depending on
customer requirements, for example additional surveys could be conducted for a certain geographical area or a
certain demographic group.
Contact us to discuss your survey requirement
surveys.queries@hscic.gov.uk
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