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Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Turning Information Into Health. What We Do. Promote the use of objective health information for state and community decision making Decisions at all levels of public health from policy-making to what people do in their everyday lives.

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Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

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  1. Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Turning Information Into Health

  2. What We Do • Promote the use of objective health information for state and community decision making • Decisions at all levels of public health from policy-making to what people do in their everyday lives

  3. What is BRFSS • Monitors major health risks at the state, region, and county level • All 50 states participate • Data gathered from telephone interviews with thousands of adults using standardized methods • Largest telephone survey in the world

  4. BRFSS History • Created in the early 1980s by CDC • Fills need for state level data • Expanded to all 50 states and four territories • Began continuous operation in Texas in 1987 • Focus is shifting to the local level • Administered through a state / federal partnership

  5. Federal (CDC) Role • Develop, test, and validate survey questions • Distribute technical instructions to states and their contractors • Provide resources, support, coordination, and training

  6. State Role • CDC calls us field operations • Tailor survey to meet state and local needs • Identify additional funding resources • Oversee ongoing collection of data • Disseminate data and analytical products • Coordinate with stakeholders

  7. Texas BRFSS Overview • Only comprehensive statewide system for monitoring health risk factors, health practices, and chronic diseases among adult Texans • Stakeholders from all levels of public health • Addresses major Texas public health priorities

  8. BRFSS Question Modules • Tobacco use • Physical activity, nutrition, and obesity • Use of preventive health services • Major chronic diseases • HIV / AIDS • Alcohol consumption • Access to health care • Health related quality of life • Demographics

  9. Statewide BRFSS: Scope • 150 Questions (80 Core, 70 Optional) • 20 – 25 minute interview • 500 completed interviews per month

  10. Statewide BRFSS: Timeline • February – Input from State Coordinators • March/April – Data release from previous year • July/August – Release of draft questionnaire • October – Survey documentation due to CDC • November – Survey finalized • December – Contract developed • January – Survey goes into the field

  11. Texas BRFSS Resources • Base funding from CDC cooperative agreement • Core survey modules • Minimum sample size • Funding from stakeholders • Add questions • Increase sample size • State and federal sources • Staff Resources • 2 FTEs through Preventive Health Block Grant • Center for Health Statistics

  12. Texas BRFSS Products • Statewide BRFSS Survey • Special point-in-time community surveys • Data requests • Texas Risk Factor Reports • Website: http://www.cdc.gov/brfss

  13. Overweight / Obesity RateAmong Texas AdultsBRFSS, 1990 – 2002 BMI 25 and Over (Overweight) BMI 30 and Over (Obesity)

  14. Current Smoking Among Texas AdultsBy Age GroupBRFSS, 2002

  15. Ever Had a Sigmoidoscopy or ColonoscopyAdults Age 50 and OverBRFSS, 2002

  16. Adults with No InsuranceTexas Vs. USBRFSS, 1991 – 2002 Texas US

  17. Women Counseled About OsteoporosisBy Age GroupTexas Adults, Osteoporosis Survey, 2001

  18. Percentage of Texas Adults Who Always Wear a Seatbelt

  19. Disability Indicators (Age & Gender Adjusted) With vs. Without Arthritis Texas Adults, BRFSS 2003 Limited in Activities Needs Special Equipment Not employed (<65)

  20. Obesity (Body Mass Index BMI >= 30)Potter vs. Randall CountyBRFSS, 2002

  21. Current SmokingPotter vs. Randall CountyBRFSS, 2002 Potter & Randall counties differ statistically (P < 0.05)

  22. No Mammogram in Past Two YearsWomen Age 40 and OlderPotter vs. Randall CountyBRFSS, 2002 Potter & Randall counties differ statistically (P < 0.05)

  23. BRFSS Contact Information Jimmy Blanton, M.P.Aff. Coordinator 512-458-7111 x6593 jimmy.blanton@tdh.state.tx.us Program Websites: www.tdh.state.tx.us/chronicd/default.htm www.cdc.gov/brfss

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