Health Survey for England, 1997

<div>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Health Survey for England </span>(HSE)<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>is a series of surveys designed to monitor trends in the nation's health.  It was commissioned by NHS Digital and carried out by the Joint Health Surveys Unit of the National Centre for Social Research and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London.</div><div><br></div><div>The aims of the HSE series are:</div><ul><li>to provide annual data about the nation’s health;</li><li>to estimate the proportion of people in England with specified health conditions;</li><li>to estimate the prevalence of certain risk factors associated with these conditions;</li><li>to examine differences between population subgroups in their likelihood of having specific conditions or risk factors;</li><li>to assess the frequency with which particular combinations of risk factors are found, and which groups these combinations most commonly occur;</li><li>to monitor progress towards selected health targets</li><li>since 1995, to measure the height of children at different ages, replacing the National Study of Health and Growth;</li><li>since 1995, monitor the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children.</li></ul>The survey includes a number of core questions every year but also focuses on different health issues at each wave. Topics are revisited at appropriate intervals in order to monitor change. <br>
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Further information about the series may be found on the NHS Digital <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/areas-of-interest/public-health/health-survey-for-england---health-social-care-and-lifestyles#about-the-survey" title="Health Survey for England; health, social care and lifestyles" target="_blank">Health Survey for England; health, social care and lifestyles</a> webpage, the NatCen Social Research <a href="https://natcen.ac.uk/s/health-survey-england" title="NatCen Health Survey for England" target="_blank">NatCen Health Survey for England</a> webpage and the University College London Health and Social Surveys Research Group <a title="UCL Health Survey for England" href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/health-and-social-surveys-research-group/studies-0" target="_blank">UCL Health Survey for England</a> webpage.<br>
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<p><strong>Changes to the HSE from 2015</strong>:<br>Users should note that from 2015 survey onwards, only the individual data file is available under standard End User Licence (EUL). The household data file is now only included in the Special Licence (SL) version, released from 2015 onwards. In addition, the SL individual file contains all the variables included in the HSE EUL dataset, plus others, including variables removed from the EUL version after the NHS England disclosure review. The SL HSE is subject to more restrictive access conditions than the EUL version (see Access information). Users are advised to obtain the EUL version to see if it meets their needs before considering an application for the SL version.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">COVID-19 and the HSE:</span><br>Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the HSE 2020 survey was stopped in March 2020 and never re-started. There was no publication that year. The survey resumed in 2021, albeit with an amended methodology. The full HSE resumed in 2022, with an extended fieldwork period. Due to this, the decision was taken not to progress with the 2023 survey, to maximise the 2022 survey response and enable more robust reporting of data. See the <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/areas-of-interest/public-health/health-survey-for-england---health-social-care-and-lifestyles#about-the-survey">NHS Digital Health Survey for England - Health, social care and lifestyles</a> webpage for more details.<br></p>
For the fourth edition (August 2017), a new version of the individual data file was deposited. A Government Office Region variable has been added, and some previous health authority and socio-economic variables removed.<br /><br />

《英格兰健康调查》(Health Survey for England, 简称HSE)是一系列旨在追踪国民健康趋势的调查项目。本调查由英国国民保健署数据部门（NHS Digital）委托，由英国国家社会研究中心联合健康调查单元与伦敦大学学院流行病学与公共卫生系共同执行。

HSE系列调查的目标如下：
1. 提供英格兰国民年度健康状况数据；
2. 估算英格兰境内罹患特定健康疾病的人群比例；
3. 估算与这些疾病相关的部分风险因素的流行率；
4. 分析不同人口亚群体罹患特定疾病或暴露于风险因素的概率差异；
5. 评估特定风险因素组合的出现频率，以及这些组合最常出现的群体；
6. 追踪特定健康目标的达成进展；
7. 自1995年起，测量不同年龄段儿童的身高，以取代原有的《国民健康与成长研究》；
8. 自1995年起，监测儿童超重与肥胖的流行情况。

本调查每年均包含若干核心问题，同时每一轮调查都会聚焦不同的健康议题，并在合适的周期内重复相关主题以追踪健康状况的变化。

如需获取该系列调查的更多信息，可访问英国国民保健署数据部门的「英格兰健康调查：健康、社会照护与生活方式」网页、NatCen社会研究中心的「NatCen英格兰健康调查」网页，以及伦敦大学学院健康与社会调查研究组的「UCL英格兰健康调查」网页。

### 2015年起HSE的变更
用户需注意，2015年及之后的调查仅可通过标准最终用户许可协议（End User Licence, 简称EUL）获取个人数据文件。家庭数据文件自2015年起仅包含于特殊许可协议（Special Licence, 简称SL）版本中。此外，SL版个人数据文件包含了EUL数据集的全部变量，以及部分额外变量，包括经NHS Digital披露审查后从EUL版本中移除的变量。SL版HSE的访问限制严于EUL版（详见访问信息章节）。建议用户先获取EUL版以确认是否满足自身需求，再考虑申请SL版。

### 新冠疫情与HSE
受新冠疫情影响，HSE 2020年度调查于2020年3月终止且未重启，当年未发布任何调查成果。调查于2021年恢复，但采用了调整后的调查方法。2022年全面恢复调查，且延长了实地调研周期。鉴于此，主办方决定不再推进2023年度调查，以最大化2022年调查的有效回收率，确保数据报告的可靠性。更多细节可参阅英国国民保健署数据部门的「英格兰健康调查——健康、社会照护与生活方式」网页。

### 2017年第四版更新
2017年8月发布的第四版调查数据文件新增了政府办公区变量，并移除了部分既往的卫生当局与社会经济变量。