The following surveys are conducted on a regular basis by the Health Department. Your participation in these surveys is appreciated, as they help us understand and improve the health of New Yorkers.
If you are participating in one of these surveys, you can find more information about the survey and your rights below.
2024 Community Health Survey
The 2024 NYC Community Health Survey is a survey of randomly selected adult New Yorkers. The survey helps the Health Department:
The survey provides health estimates on a broad range of chronic diseases and behavioral risk factors. Households are randomly selected from a list of all residential addresses in NYC.
Participating in Health Department surveys helps the city better meet the needs of you and your household.
Your household was randomly chosen to participate in this important study to improve the health of New Yorkers and help us learn about your neighborhood. The survey should be completed by the adult (18 or older) in your household who will have the next birthday. This will help to ensure we have a diverse group of respondents.
If you completed the Community Health Survey in 2023, and agreed to take the survey again, we may contact you to complete the survey in 2024. Only people that agreed to be participate in the survey again will be contacted.
In addition to completing the survey by web, you can also take the survey by phone or on paper. If you want to take the survey on paper or over the phone, call the toll-free line at 833-574-3096 and provide your user ID. You can call Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., or Saturday through Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.
Review the instructions in your invitation letter to ensure that the correct person in your household completes the survey.
The survey usually takes about 25 minutes, but you can take as much time as you need to complete.
For username or password issues, contact NYCCHS@abtassoc.com for assistance or call 646-490-2091 to speak with a member of the survey team.
If you took an earlier Health Department survey and agreed to take future surveys, you may have been contacted to complete this health survey.
In addition to completing the survey by web, you can also take the survey by phone or on paper. If you want to take the survey on paper or over the phone, call the toll-free line at 833-574-3096 and provide your user ID. You can call Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., or Saturday through Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.
Review the instructions in your invitation letter to ensure that the correct person in your household completes the survey.
For username or password issues, contact NYCCHS@abtassoc.com for assistance or call 646-490-2091 to speak with a member of the survey team.
All information that you provide is confidential and will be handled in a secure manner.
When you agree to provide your address or cross streets, you provide the Health Department with the tools to better understand your neighborhood and community members. Your personal information is not available to the public and cannot be linked back to your survey responses. Your survey responses will be grouped with the information provided by other New Yorkers in your area to provide a snapshot of the health of NYC adults.
In appreciation for the time you’ve taken to complete our survey, we will provide you with a gift card.
A research firm called Abt Associates collects data for the health department. Abt Associates processes all mail from for this project out of its Cambridge, Massachusetts office.
To speak to a survey manager overseeing these projects at the Health Department, call 347-396-2805.
To learn more about your rights as a study participant, call 347-396-6118.
NYC Health Panel (formerly known as Healthy NYC)
The NYC Health Panel is a group of New Yorkers who will complete health surveys periodically. Participants will be invited to complete as many as 10 surveys in a year.
The surveys are intended to help the Health Department better understand the health needs of New Yorkers. Participants' answers will help the Health Department design better policies and programs.
Invitations to join the NYC Health Panel were sent to households in which someone previously completed a Health Department survey and agreed to be contacted again for future research. Other addresses that received invitations were selected at random from a list of all New York City addresses.
All participant information is confidential. Research documents are kept on password-protected computers and accessed by a limited number of people. This project has been reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board, which is responsible for protecting the rights of study participants.
For more information about the survey, call 888-692-0023 or email NYCHealthPanel@health.nyc.gov.
Health Opinion Poll
The NYC Health Opinion Poll surveys 1,200 randomly selected adult New Yorkers to measure:
Participants in the NYC Health Panel project will be randomly invited to complete Health Opinion Poll surveys. Your responses in the poll will help the Health Department develop policies and programs that better meet the needs of all New Yorkers. Each poll is expected to take 10 minutes to complete.
All information that you provide is confidential and will be handled in a secure manner. You do not have to answer any question that you do not wish to answer.
If you have any questions about the survey content or how the data will be used, email nychop@health.nyc.gov.
For more information about your rights as a survey participant, contact the Institutional Review Board online, by email at irbadmin@health.nyc.gov, or by calling 347-396-6118.