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Article: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
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BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
With 200,000 interviews annually, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world's largest telephone survey. Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these ongoing surveys of health risks of the American public are conducted in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and three U.S. territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands). The availability of data from the states (and frequently from major cities) on behavioral health risk factors and use of preventive services has been an invaluable tool for health promotion. Data have helped ...