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Kim, Choi, Lee, Kim, Chun, Kim, Lee, Ghim, Lim, Kang, Lee, Kim, Jo, Kim, Ko, Seo, Park, and Lee: Overview of Korean Community Health Survey
Healthcare Policy
Journal of the Korean Medical Association

Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2012; 55(1): 74-83.

Published online: 11 January 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2012.55.1.74

Overview of Korean Community Health Survey

Young Taek Kim, MD1, Bo Youl Choi, MD2, Kay O Lee, PhD3, Ho Kim, PhD4, Jin Ho Chun, MD5, Su Young Kim, PhD6, Duk-Hyoung Lee, MD1, Yun A Ghim, MSN1, Do Sang Lim, MSC1, Yang Wha Kang, MPH1, Tae Young Lee, PhD1, Jeong Sook Kim, MSC1, Hyun Jo, MSC1, Yoojin Kim, MPH1, Yun Sil Ko, MSC1, Soon Ryu Seo, MPH1, No-Rye Park, PhD7, Jong-Koo Lee, MD8

1Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju, Korea.

2Department of Preventive Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

3Department of Business Statistics, Hannam University, Daejeon, Korea.

4Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

5Department of Preventive Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

6Department of Preventive Medicine, Jeju National University College of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.

7Graduate School of Public Health, Inje University, Busan, Korea.

8Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: No-Rye Park, dot96@hitel.net; Jong-Koo Lee, docmohw@snu.ac.kr

Received 14 December 2011       Accepted 24 December 2011

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Abstract

In 2008, the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) initiated Korean Community Health Survey (KCHS), the first nationwide survey to provide data that could be used to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate community health promotion and disease prevention program. This community-based cross-sectional survey has been conducted by 253 community health centers, 36 community universities and 1,500 interviewers. The KCHS standardized questionnaire is developed jointly by KCDC staff, a working group of health indicators standardization subcommittee and 16 metropolitan cities and provinces with 253 regional sites. The KCHS was administered by trained interviewers and the quality control of KCHS was improved by introduction of computer-assisted personal interview in 2010. The questionnaire was reviewed annually so that revised and/or new questions could be added based on public health policy. The additional questions included the fixed and rotating cores, emerging issues and optional modules. The standardized questionnaire of KCHS covered a wide variety of health topics, which could be used to assess the prevalence of personal health behaviors related to causes of disease. The KCHS data allows that the differences of health issues among provinces can be directly compared. Furthermore, the provinces can use these data for their own cost-effective health interventions to improve health promotion and disease prevention.

Keywords: Korean Community Health Survey, Community-based cross-sectional survey, Health behaviors

Figures and Tables

Figure 1
Procedure in Community Health Survey. PAPI, paper and pencil interviews; CAPI, computer assisted personal interviews; KCDC, Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
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Figure 2
Steering Committee of Community Health Survey. KCDC, Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
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Figure 3
Process of sample family substitute.
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Table 1
Result of Community Health Survey 2010
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Table 2
Survey contents in Community Health Survey
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EQ-5D, EuroQol 5 dimension; EQ-VAS, EuroQol visual scale.

Table 3
Schema of rotation questionnaire in Community Health Survey 2010-2013
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Table 4
Result of quality control
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Values are presented as mean±SD (range).

Table 5
Agreement of answer by telephone verification
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