May telephone surveys provide reliable public health surveillance data for municipalities? Mode effects differ between categories of questions. The HUNT Study, Norway

• Main Authors: Mattias Tagseth (Author), Erik R. Sund (Author), Göran T.A. Hallman (Author), Jostein Holmen (Author), Kyrre Kvistad (Author), John Tore Vik (Author), Steinar Krokstad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Norsk Forening for Epidemiologi, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Availability of data on health and its determinants at the local area level is a prerequisite for developing interventions and public health campaigns locally. Collecting self-reported data by means of telephone interviews may rapidly provide relevant data. The reliability of such data m...