Global behavioral risk factor surveillance

The behavioral risk factor surveillance system.

The Hawaii Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

2 Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge the adult residents of Hawaii who voluntarily participated in the HBRFSS. Without their participation this report as well as other studies derived from HBRFSS would not have been made possible. We would also like to thank staff at the Department of Health especially Dr. Alvin T. Onaka, Chief of Office of Health Status Monitoring (OHSM) and OHSM sta...

DataView: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance of Aged Medicare Beneficiaries, 1995

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is an ongoing State-based telephone survey of adults, administered through State health departments. The survey estimates health status and the prevalence of various risk factors among respondents, who include both fee-for-service and managed care Medicare beneficiaries. In this article the authors present an overview of the BRFSS and repor...

Lower-extremity amputation risk is associated with variation in behavioral risk factor surveillance system responses.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether regional variation in the rate of lower-extremity amputation (LEA) is associated with health behaviors. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional prevalence study of merged data from the U.S. Census, Medicare parts A and B, and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We used regression models to determine whether previously described regiona...

Rural residence is not a risk factor for frequent mental distress: a behavioral risk factor surveillance survey

BACKGROUND Residents of rural areas may be at increased risk of mental health problems. If so, public health programs aimed at preventing poor mental health may have to be customized for delivery to rural areas. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between residing in a rural area and frequent mental distress, which is one indicator of poor mental health. METHODS The Beha...