Monitoring health behaviours and health status in New South Wales: Release of the Adult Health Survey 2002

In 2002, the NSW Department of Health, in conjunction with the 17 area health services, completed the first year of the New South Wales Continuous Health Survey. This is an ongoing survey of the health of people in NSW that uses computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). The main aims of the Continuous Health Survey are to provide detailed information on the health of the people of NSW, and to support the planning, implementation, and...