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General description
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the primary system of health-related telephone surveys that collects data on healthcare access related to chronic diseases and injury, health-related risk behaviors, preventive health practices, social determinants of health (SHoH).
BRFSS completes over 400,000 adult interviews annually, making it a powerful tool for building health promotion activities and the largest continuously-conducted health survey system in the world.
Factors assessed by the BRFSS include alcohol consumption, breast- and cervical cancer screening, chronic health conditions, colorectal cancer screening, drinking and driving, e-cigarettes, exercise, falls, health care access, health status, healthy days/health-related quality of life, HIV/AIDS immunization, inadequate sleep, oral health, prostate cancer screening, seat belt use, and tobacco use.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: Overview
Related publications / Literature
- The Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System: Past, Present, and Future
- Walking trends among U.S. adults: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1987–2000
- Reliability and validity of measures from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
- A Comparison of National Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- Prevalence of Physical Activity in the United States: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2001
- Depression and Anxiety in the United States: Findings From the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- Methodologic changes in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System in 2011 and potential effects on prevalence estimates
- A systematic review of publications assessing reliability and validity of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2004–2011
- The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System questionnaire: its reliability in a statewide sample
- An economic analysis of adult obesity: results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System