Download or read book The Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System written by Ali H. Mokdad and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a large state-based telephone survey. BRFSS is designed to monitor the leading risk factors for morbidity and mortality in the United States at the local, state, and national levels. The BRFSS has proven to be a powerful tool for building heath-promotion activities. However, the use of telephone-based, random-digit-dial (RDD) methods in public health surveys and surveillance is at a crossroads. Rapid changes in telecommunication, declines in participation rates, increases in the required level of effort and associated costs are becoming key challenges for BRFSS. To maintain the highest data quality and service to the local and state health departments, BRFSS has adopted an ongoing effort to improve coverage and response to the survey. This article provides an overview of the issues faced by BRFSS and the strategies in place to address them.
Download or read book Global Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance written by David V. McQueen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the latest information on surveillance by the international public health community, including: the WHO's Stepwise Approach, the U.S.'s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the Finbalt Health Monitor, the EURALIM Experience, and the Mega Country Health Promotion Network. It is for those involved in planning or conducting chronic disease risk factor surveillance and for those interested in developing a global network of persons involved in this arena.
Download or read book Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Nationwide Framework for Surveillance of Cardiovascular and Chronic Lung Diseases written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic diseases are common and costly, yet they are also among the most preventable health problems. Comprehensive and accurate disease surveillance systems are needed to implement successful efforts which will reduce the burden of chronic diseases on the U.S. population. A number of sources of surveillance data-including population surveys, cohort studies, disease registries, administrative health data, and vital statistics-contribute critical information about chronic disease. But no central surveillance system provides the information needed to analyze how chronic disease impacts the U.S. population, to identify public health priorities, or to track the progress of preventive efforts. A Nationwide Framework for Surveillance of Cardiovascular and Chronic Lung Diseases outlines a conceptual framework for building a national chronic disease surveillance system focused primarily on cardiovascular and chronic lung diseases. This system should be capable of providing data on disparities in incidence and prevalence of the diseases by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and geographic region, along with data on disease risk factors, clinical care delivery, and functional health outcomes. This coordinated surveillance system is needed to integrate and expand existing information across the multiple levels of decision making in order to generate actionable, timely knowledge for a range of stakeholders at the local, state or regional, and national levels. The recommendations presented in A Nationwide Framework for Surveillance of Cardiovascular and Chronic Lung Diseases focus on data collection, resource allocation, monitoring activities, and implementation. The report also recommends that systems evolve along with new knowledge about emerging risk factors, advancing technologies, and new understanding of the basis for disease. This report will inform decision-making among federal health agencies, especially the Department of Health and Human Services; public health and clinical practitioners; non-governmental organizations; and policy makers, among others.
Download or read book Behavioral Risk Factor Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Community Uses of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System BRFSS County Adult Health Survey CAHS written by LaTonya Bynum and published by . This book was released on 2011* with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 1984 1995 Survey Data written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years of data designed to measure behavioral risk factors in the adult, noninstitutionalized, civilian population. Focuses on preventive health practices and risk behaviors associated with chronic diseases, injuries, and preventive infectious diseases.
Download or read book Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evidence Based Public Health written by Ross C. Brownson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are at least three ways in which a public health program or policy may not reach stated goals for success: 1) Choosing an intervention approach whose effectiveness is not established in the scientific literature; 2) Selecting a potentially effective program or policy yet achieving only weak, incomplete implementation or "reach," thereby failing to attain objectives; 3) Conducting an inadequate or incorrect evaluation that results in a lack of generalizable knowledge on the effectiveness of a program or policy; and 4) Paying inadequate attention to adapting an intervention to the population and context of interest To enhance evidence-based practice, this book addresses all four possibilities and attempts to provide practical guidance on how to choose, carry out, and evaluate evidence-based programs and policies in public health settings. It also begins to address a fifth, overarching need for a highly trained public health workforce. This book deals not only with finding and using scientific evidence, but also with implementation and evaluation of interventions that generate new evidence on effectiveness. Because all these topics are broad and require multi-disciplinary skills and perspectives, each chapter covers the basic issues and provides multiple examples to illustrate important concepts. In addition, each chapter provides links to the diverse literature and selected websites for readers wanting more detailed information. An indispensable volume for professionals, students, and researchers in the public health sciences and preventative medicine, this new and updated edition of Evidence-Based Public Health aims to bridge research and evidence with policies and the practice of public health.
Download or read book Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System written by LaTonya Bynum and published by . This book was released on 2010* with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System written by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Behavioral Surveillance Branch and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2011 Summary Data Quality Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey is conducted annually by the Division of Behavioral Surveillance (DBS) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After the 2011 BRFSS survey was conducted, this summary data quality report was created, in order to present detailed descriptions of the 2011 BRFSS survey call outcomes in one document. This document, therefore, presents call summary information for each of the states and territories that participated in the 2011 BRFSS. All BRFSS data (with the exception of pilot study data) are collected by phone, and for the first time, cell phone and landline phone samples were used to produce a single data set using data collected from the 2011 BRFSS. The variables and outcomes provided herein are applicable to a combined data set of responses from landline- and cell phone-respondents within each of the states. The inclusion of data from cell phone interviews in the public release data is a major step forward for the BRFSS, and, in many respects, 2011 has been a year of change in terms of the approach and methodology used to conduct this survey. The BRFSS has also adopted new weighting procedures in order to accommodate the inclusion of new variables, including the type of phones owned by respondents. Data users should note that new weighting procedures are likely to affect trend lines when comparing BRFSS pre- and post- 2011; because of these changes, users are advised not to make direct comparisons with pre-2011 data, and instead, begin new trend lines with this year. Details are provided in a recent issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), which highlights weighting effects on trend lines.1 The measures presented in this document are designed to summarize the quality of the 2011 BRFSS survey data. Response rates, cooperation rates, and refusal rates for BRFSS are calculated using standards set by the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR).2 This document includes several other internal changes over previous versions of the Summary Data Quality Report. BRFSS has calculated 2011 response rates using AAPOR Response Rate #4, which is in keeping with rates provided by BRFSS in the past using Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO) rates.2 Based on the guidelines of AAPOR, response rate calculations include assumptions of eligibility among potential respondents/households that are not interviewed. Changes in the distribution of cell phone numbers by telephone companies and the portability of landline telephone numbers are likely to make it extremely more difficult than in the past to ascertain which telephone numbers are out-of-sample and which telephone phone numbers represent "likely households." Therefore, the BRFSS uses proportions of unknown households in each of the states to estimate the total number of households from those whose eligibility is undetermined. This "eligibility factor" appears in calculations of response, cooperation, resolution, and refusal rates. The BRFSS continuously improves and tests its methodology. Currently, DBS is conducting several pilot studies. Multiple-state pilots are assessing mail- and web-based follow-up surveys sent to households that did not respond to landline-based requests to participate in the BRFSS data collection. Similarly, a pilot is being conducted to test the feasibility of text messaging as a means of following up with potential cell phone respondents. Meanwhile, internet sampled Web-based pilots are gauging health status, healthcare use, and health behaviors at Metropolitan/Micropolitan statistical area, state, and national levels, then comparing findings to those of BRFSS, the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
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Download or read book Promoting Health written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Americans enjoyed better overall health than at any other time in the nation's history. Rapid advancements in medical technologies, breakthroughs in understanding the genetic underpinnings of health and ill health, improvements in the effectiveness and variety of pharmaceuticals, and other developments in biomedical research have helped develop cures for many illnesses and improve the lives of those with chronic diseases. By itself, however, biomedical research cannot address the most significant challenges to improving public health. Approximately half of all causes of mortality in the United States are linked to social and behavioral factors such as smoking, diet, alcohol use, sedentary lifestyle, and accidents. Yet less than five percent of the money spent annually on U.S. health care is devoted to reducing the risks of these preventable conditions. Behavioral and social interventions offer great promise, but as yet their potential has been relatively poorly tapped. Promoting Health identifies those promising areas of social science and behavioral research that may address public health needs. It includes 12 papersâ€"commissioned from some of the nation's leading expertsâ€"that review these issues in detail, and serves to assess whether the knowledge base of social and behavioral interventions has been useful, or could be useful, in the development of broader public health interventions.
Download or read book Public Health Informatics and Information Systems written by Patrick W. O'Carroll and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-05-07 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let us not go over the old ground, let us rather prepare for what is to come. —Marcus Tullius Cicero Improvements in the health status of communities depend on effective public health and healthcare infrastructures. These infrastructures are increasingly electronic and tied to the Internet. Incorporating emerging technologies into the service of the community has become a required task for every public health leader. The revolution in information technology challenges every sector of the health enterprise. Individuals, care providers, and public health agencies can all benefit as we reshape public health through the adoption of new infor- tion systems, use of electronic methods for disease surveillance, and refor- tion of outmoded processes. However, realizing the benefits will be neither easy nor inexpensive. Technological innovation brings the promise of new ways of improving health. Individuals have become more involved in knowing about, and managing and improving, their own health through Internet access. Similarly, healthcare p- viders are transforming the ways in which they assess, treat, and document - tient care through their use of new technologies. For example, point-of-care and palm-type devices will soon be capable of uniquely identifying patients, s- porting patient care, and documenting treatment simply and efficiently.
