11:709:364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 80: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Caller Id, National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey
6 Jun 2020
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Us: brfss behavioral risk factor surveillance system, nhanes national health and nutrient examination. Survey: yrbss youth risk behavior surveillance system. Global: dhs demographic and health survey. Goal: to collect state data on: health related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, use of preventative services. Run by the cdc, but conducted by state health departments. Phone-based survey about behavioral risk factors: phone numbers gotten through random-digit dialing, cell phones included since 2011, caller id has been a challenge. Brfss completes more than 400,000 adult interviews each year, making it the largest continuously conducted health survey system in the world. Goal: to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the us. Conducted by the national center for health statistics (nchs) which is within the cdc. A series of cross-sectional nationally representative health examination surveys: includes both interviews and physical examinations. A complex, multistage, clustered design using unequal probabilities of selection.
