35 Years of health surveys in Denmark: a backbone of public health practice and research

Anne I. Christensen; Cathrine J. Lau; Peter L. Kristensen; Hanne S. Poulsen; Finn Breinholt Larsen

doi:10.1177/14034948221083113

35 Years of health surveys in Denmark: a backbone of public health practice and research

Anne I. Christensen, Cathrine J. Lau, Peter L. Kristensen, Hanne S. Poulsen, Finn Breinholt Larsen^*

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Abstract

Denmark has a 35-year history of monitoring health status in the general population through health surveys. In this commentary, we outline the development of health surveys in Denmark from the beginning in 1987 to the present time. We describe how the current systematic framework for the Danish National Health Survey (DNHS) developed. We discuss the methodological basis for the DNHS and describe its application in public health practice and research. Over the years, the DNHS has become an important part of the Danish public health environment. Challenges for the DNHS in the future are to adapt to new trends in public health and at the same time to be able to monitor important changes consistently over time.

Original language	English
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Volume	50
Issue number	7
Pages (from-to)	914-918
ISSN	1403-4948
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221083113
Publication status	Published - Nov 2022

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The Danish National Health Survey was funded by the Capital Region, Region Zealand, the South Denmark Region, the Central Denmark Region, the North Denmark Region, the Ministry of Health and the National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark.

Keywords

cross-sectional studies
Denmark
health behaviours
health surveys
public health research

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