Using Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data as an Occupational Health Profile

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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...

Identifying Health Literacy in Kansas Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

C l i n M e d International Library Citation: Chesser AK, Melhado TV, Hines RB, Woods NK (2016) Identifying Health Literacy in Kansas Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). J Fam Med Dis Prev 2:032 Received: April 27, 2016: Accepted: May 30, 2016: Published: June 2, 2016 Copyright: © 2016 Chesser AK, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the...

Associations Between Cardiovascular Health and Health-Related Quality of Life, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2013

INTRODUCTION The American Heart Association established 7 cardiovascular health metrics as targets for promoting healthier lives. Cardiovascular health has been hypothesized to play a role in individuals' perception of quality of life; however, previous studies have mostly assessed the effect of cardiovascular risk factors on quality of life. METHODS Data were from the 2013 Behavioral Risk Fa...

Assessing population risk for postmenopausal osteoporosis: a new strategy using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

UNLABELLED Osteoporosis public health measures are hindered by the inability to easily identify subclinical disease. We have now estimated state-specific osteoporosis prevalences using a simple formula (OST Index) to analyze age and weight of 62,882 older women; the prevalences determined are similar to those based on BMD. This new method has potential use for guiding implementation of osteopor...