Advance Contact Final Reminder Letter

Attachment 10g

Hello,

Each year, we ask just a few people to be in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). This important study is run by the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

We recently sent you a short survey to see if you qualify for the study but did not get a response. So, we are contacting you again.

Please do the survey online at [https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/survey.htm].

Your passcode is [xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx].

Or call us toll free at 1-855-958-0631.

By taking part, you will contribute to the health of your community and the country. All of your answers are confidential.

If we don’t hear from you, an NHANES interviewer will come to your home to give you the chance to answer the questions. It takes just a few minutes.

The interviewer will have official identification. Because of the Covid-19 virus, the interviewer will wear a face mask and keep a safe distance from you and others in your home.

For more than 60 years, NHANES has helped to protect and improve people’s health. The information we gather guides public health projects that help many people in your community and around the country live longer, healthier lives.

Thank you,

Duong (Tony) Nguyen, DO, FAAP

Commander, U.S. Public Health Service

Chief Medical Officer, Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys

National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Assurance of Confidentiality – We take your privacy very seriously. All information that relates to or describes identifiable characteristics of individuals, a practice, or an establishment will be used only for statistical purposes. NCHS staff, contractors, and agents will not disclose or release responses in identifiable form without the consent of the individual or establishment in accordance with section 308(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m) and the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018 (Title III of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Pub. L. No. 115-435, 132 Stat. 5529 § 302)). In accordance with CIPSEA, every NCHS employee, contractor, and agent has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to five years, a fine of up to $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you.