At a glance
This document provides guidance, tools and examples to help select an appropriate probability sampling design for a population-based biomonitoring study or survey within a state.
Intended audiences
The intended audiences of this document include the following.
State health departments and their biomonitoring study collaborators
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø programs that provide resources to their recipients
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø programs and other programs that present surveillance data, including data from biomonitoring studies and surveys
Intended use
The guidance may be used to:
- Develop measures for the
- Design biomonitoring studies useful for public health surveillance
- Evaluate existing biomonitoring data from Tracking Program recipients
- Evaluate existing biomonitoring data from other agencies or programs
Additional information
This document focuses only on
- biomonitoring studies for population health surveillance
- examples of population-based or probability sampling
The content in this document complements information from other guidance documents listed below.
Association of Public Health Laboratories:
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists:
Content Source:
National Center for Environmental Health