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
ob体育 programs that provide resources to their recipients
ob体育 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