Description: Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) – Content Information Sheet 2007-2026
The Canadian Health Measure Survey (CHMS) is divided in biennial collection cycles. Eight cycles are currently planned.
| Cycle | Years |
|---|---|
| 1 | March 2007 to February 2009 |
| 2 | August 2009 to December 2011 |
| 3 | January 2012 to December 2013 |
| 4 | January 2014 to December 2015 |
| 5 | January 2016 to December 2017 |
| 6 | January 2018 to December 2019 |
| 7 | June 2022 to May 2024 |
| 8 | June 2024 to May 2026 |
Sample collection is divided in three components: Household, Mobile Examination Centre (MEC) and the Laboratory & Biobank. The components contain content that reoccurs every cycle and content specific to selected cycles.
| Content | Cycles |
|---|---|
| Questionnaire | |
| Anthropometry (Self-Reported) | 1-8 |
| Infection Markers | 1-8 |
| Nutrition & Alcohol | 1-8 |
| Physical Activity & Sleep | 1-8 |
| Pregnancy/Birth/Breastfeeding | 1-8 |
| Sexual Health | 1-8 |
| Smoking | 1-8 |
| Socio-Demographic Characteristics | 1-8 |
| Chronic Health Conditions | 1-8 |
| Drug/Medication Use | 1-8 |
| Family Medical History | 1-4 and 7-8 |
| Bone Health | 5-8 |
| General Health | 1-8 |
| Oral Health | 1 and 8 |
| Visual Health | 5-6 |
| Environmental Chemical Exposure | 1-8 |
| Sample | |
| Indoor Air Sampler | 2-4 |
| Tap Water Sampler | 3-4 and 7-8 |
| Content | Cycles |
|---|---|
| Physical measures | |
| Anthropometry | 1-8 |
| Cardiovascular health | 1-8 |
| Musculoskeletal fitness | 1-8 |
| Accelerometry (activity monitor) | 1-8 |
| Mechanography | 5-8 |
| Hearing health | 3-4 |
| Densitometry (pQCT) | 5-6 |
| Densitometry (DXA) | 7-8 |
| Oral health | 1 and 8 |
| Spirometry | 1-4 and 7-8 |
| Visual health | 5-6 |
| Skin pigmentation | 3-4 and 7-8 |
| Questionnaire | |
| Drug/medication use | 1-8 |
| Fish and shellfish consumption | 2-8 |
| Sun exposure | 3-4 and 7-8 |
| Hearing health | 3-4 |
| Visual health | 5-6 |
| Environmental chemical exposure | 2-4 and 7-8 |
| Specimen | |
| Blood | 1-8 |
| Urine | 1-8 |
| Home urine | 5-6 |
| Saliva | 5 |
| Hair | 5 |
The laboratory and biobank component contains six sections which are blood, urine, hair, indoor air, tap water and the biobank.
| Content | Cycles |
|---|---|
| Blood | |
| Cardiovascular | 1-8 |
| Chemistry panel | 1-8 |
| Hematology | 1-8 |
| Diabetes | 1-8 |
| Nutritional status | 1-8 |
| Environmental chemical exposure | 1-8 |
| Infection markers | 1-5 and 7-8 |
| Bone | 2 and 5-8 |
| Reproductive hormones | 3-4 |
| Thyroid status | 3-6 |
| Immunoglobulin E | 3-4 |
| Urine | |
| Nutritional status | 1-8 |
| Environmental chemical exposure | 1-8 |
| Specific gravity, creatinine | 1-8 |
| HPV | 2 |
| Chlamydia | 2 and 5-6 |
| Microalbumin | 1-2 |
| Hair | |
| Metals, trace elements | 5 |
| Indoor air | |
| VOCs | 2-4 |
| Tap Water | |
| VOCs | 3-4 |
| Fluoride | 3-4 and 7-8 |
| Environmental chemical exposure | 7-8 |
| Biobank | |
| Serum, plasma, whole blood, urine, DNA | 1-8 |