Weight-Loss Practices and Asthma: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Influenza vaccination coverage among adults with asthma: findings from the 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Self-reported asthma and health-related quality of life: findings from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system.

STUDY OBJECTIVES Few population-based data regarding the impact of asthma on health-related quality of life in the US adult population are available. DESIGN Cross-sectional study of participants in 50 states in the United States. SETTING Using data from 163,773 adult respondents in the 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we examined how self-reported asthma is associated with g...

Obesity and Diabetes in Jordan: Findings From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2004

INTRODUCTION Chronic diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Jordan. The Jordanian Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, established a behavioral risk factor surveillance system to monitor the behavioral risk factors associated with chronic diseases. METHODS We used a multistage sampling design to select households from ...

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...