DataSet

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

BRFSS

The BRFSS is a state-based system of health surveys that generate information about health risk behaviors, clinical preventive practices, and health care access and use primarily related to chronic diseases and injury. The BRFSS is a cross-sectional telephone survey conducted by state health departments with technical and methodological assistance provided by the CDC. Every year, states conduct monthly telephone surveillance using a standardized questionnaire to determine the distribution of risk behaviors and health practices among noninstitutionalized adults. The states forward the responses to the CDC, where the monthly data are aggregated for each state. The data are returned to the states, then published on the BRFSS Web site.

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Health Behavior; Health Surveys; Healthy People Programs; Nutrition Surveys; Population Surveillance; Prevalence Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Social Determinants of Health

The BRFSS Survey Data and documentation are available in several different file formats including .rtf, .zip, .sas, .sas7bcat, .sas7bdat, .xpt, .pdf, .txt, .csv

State, U.S. Territory and District of Columbia

States, territories and the District of Columbia design the instrument that is used to collect the data. Technical and financial assistance is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to all States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Each participant will conduct surveys of its noninstitutionalized adult populations during the course of the year with 1,200-4,000 respondents interviewed annually in each State. Cluster sampling will be employed. Interviews will be conducted monthly (100-350 per month) to provide temporal information. Telephone interviewing is employed for cost and efficiency.

noninstitutionalized adults

updated 02 July 2009, UK-RMS; Major Update Mar. 18, 2011 INFOPAC

Education; income; health insurance; access to health care; type of insurance

Compendium of Publicly Available Datasets and Other Data-Related Resources. The National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities has compiled a Compendium of Publicly Available Datasets and Other Data-Related Resources (Compendium). This free resource details publicly available data relevant to research and programs aiming to reduce health disparities. The Compendium compiles in one place descriptions of and links to public datasets and resources that include information about health conditions and other factors that impact the health of minority populations. https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/NPA/Materials/FIHET_Data_Compendium_508_version_FINAL_11_28_2016.pdf

PHSR

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