RT Research Data
T1 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2003
LA English
PP Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar
PB [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1902792882
AB The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a state-based system of health surveys that collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices, and health care access primarily related to chronic disease and injury. For many states, the BRFSS is the only available source of timely, accurate data on health-related behaviors. BRFSS was established in 1984 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); currently data are collected monthly in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam. More than 350,000 adults are interviewed each year, making the BRFSS the largest telephone health survey in the world. States use BRFSS data to identify emerging health problems, establish and track health objectives, and develop and evaluate public health policies and programs. The BRFSS is a cross-sectional telephone survey conducted by state health departments with technical and methodologic assistance provided by CDC. States conduct monthly telephone surveillance using a standardized questionnaire to determine the distribution of risk behaviors and health practices among adults. Responses are forwarded to CDC, where the monthly data are aggregated for each state, returned with standard tabulations, and published at the year's end by each state. The BRFSS questionnaire was developed jointly by CDC's Behavioral Surveillance Branch (BSB) and the states. When combined with mortality and morbidity statistics, these data enable public health officials to establish policies and priorities and to initiate and assess health promotion strategies.
K1 Alcohol consumption
K1 chronic illnesses
K1 Community Health
K1 Disease
K1 eating habits
K1 Exercise
K1 health attitudes
K1 health behavior
K1 Health Care
K1 health care facilities
K1 health care services
K1 Health Education
K1 Health Insurance
K1 health policy
K1 health problems
K1 health status
K1 Illness
K1 Medical care
K1 Medicine
K1 Mental Health
K1 Patient Care
K1 physical fitness
K1 Public Health
K1 Risk Factors
K1 Smoking
K1 tobacco products
K1 Treatment
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.3886/ICPSR34085.v1