title: The Croatian Adult Health Cohort Study (CroHort) --background, methodology & perspectives.
abstract: Health interview surveys are important source of health information. All previous adult population-based health interview surveys in Croatia until CroHort, were one-off projects with very limited possibility of data comparison. CroHort enabled repeated survey of CAHS 2003 respondents with almost identical questionnaire, thus providing comparable data on trends of different risk factors as well as their relation to the specific outcomes. Next follow-up survey of the CroHort cohort is foreseen for 2013. Health interview survey according to Eurostat methodology (EHIS) on the new representative sample of adult Croatian population is planned for 2014. As the data from health interview surveys are valuable in health policy, efforts should be made to increase their use by policymakers in Croatia.
authors.affiliation: Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia. ana.ivicevic@hzjz.hr
authors.forename: Ana Ivicević
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Uhernik
authors.forename: Silvije
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vuletić
authors.forename: Josipa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: Vlasta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Decković-Vukres
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mihel
authors.forename: Marijan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erceg
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pristas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans