Behavioral Risk Factor Health and Diseases Surveillance System

**Overview**
This data package contains information about a list of Behavioral Risk Factor Health and Diseases Surveillance System over health-related quality of life, healthy aging data and the information regarding the Selected Metropolitan Area Risk Trends (SMART) project and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) responses as to the access healthcare from 1995-2011.

**Description**
This data package contains the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a continuous, state-based surveillance system that collects information about modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases and other leading causes of death. Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) surveillance is used to identify unmet population health needs including recognizing trends, disparities, and determinants of health in the population. Self-assessed health status is also a more powerful predictor of mortality and morbidity than many objective measures of health. HRQOL measures make it possible to demonstrate scientifically the impact of health on quality of life, going well beyond the old paradigm that was limited to what can be seen under a microscope.

The healthy aging data by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) comprises of data on a range of key indicators of health and well-being, screenings and vaccinations, and mental health among older adults at the national and state levels. These indicators provide a snapshot of currently available surveillance information, and can be useful for prioritization and evaluation of public health interventions. Selected Micropolitan Area Risk Trends (SMART) uses BRFSS data to provide prevalence rates for selected conditions and behaviors for cities and their surrounding counties. The risk factor categories available are alcohol consumption, asthma, cholesterol awareness, colorectal cancer screening, diabetes, disability, exercise and physical activity, health status, health care access, hypertension awareness, immunization, nutrition, oral health, tobacco use, weight classifications, and women’s health.

The prevalence and trends health care access documentation provides technical and statistical information regarding the BRFSS responses as to the access and coverage to health care of people in the U.S. The BRFSS is the nation's premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services. This prevalence data on Tobacco Use among adult U.S. residents are used to design programs that promote preventive health practices that can affect their health status.

The purpose of the 500 Cities Project is to provide city and census tract-level small area estimates for chronic disease risk factors, health outcomes, and clinical preventive service use for the largest 500 cities in the United States. These small area estimates will allow cities and local health departments to better understand the burden and geographic distribution of health-related variables in their jurisdictions, and assist them in planning public health interventions. The Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System is intended to provide population estimates of vision loss function, eye diseases, health disparities, as well as barriers and facilitators to access to vision and eye care. This information can be used for designing, implementing, and evaluating vision and eye health prevention programs.

**Benefits**
- Useful for doctors, medical health planners, psychologists, medical research groups and behavioral therapists. behavioral risk factor health and diseases surveillance system database are available on centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) website in raw form, whereas a jsl customer gets it in a clean and normalized form ready to use in one place and create his own custom reports. easy to comprehend for the customers who are unfamiliar with the medical terminologies as all abbreviated terms are replaced with full form, the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) original datasets which are full of abbreviations.

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**Included Datasets**
- [BRFSS Health Related Quality of Life](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/brfss-health-related-quality-of-life)
- This dataset includes information regarding the data are from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). All respondents to the BRFSS are non-institutionalized adults, 18 years old or older. This dataset comprises of Topic Description, Survey Question, Data Value, High and Low Confidence Limits, Breakout Category, Geo Location Latitude and Longitude for Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL).
- [BRFSS Healthy Aging Data](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/brfss-healthy-aging-data)
- This dataset includes information regarding data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). All respondents to the BRFSS are non-institutionalized adults, 18 years old or older. This dataset comprises of Class and Topic Description, Survey Question, Data Value, High and Low Confidence Limits, Stratification Categories, Latitude and Longitude for Healthy Aging Data.
- [BRFSS Selected Metropolitan Area Risk Trends MMSA Prevalence Data](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/brfss-selected-metropolitan-area-risk-trends-mmsa-prevalence-data)
- This dataset includes information regarding the Selected Metropolitan Area Risk Trends (SMART) project. This project uses the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to analyze the data of selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Statistical Areas (MMSAs) with 500 or more respondents. BRFSS data can be used to identify emerging health problems, establish and track health objectives, and develop and evaluate public health policies and programs.
- [Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Healthcare Access 1995-2011](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/behavioral-risk-factor-surveillance-system-healthcare-access-1995-2011)
- The Prevalence and Trends Health Care Access documentation provides technical and statistical information regarding the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) responses as to the access and coverage to health care of people in the US.
- [Chronic Diseases Risk Factors and Health Indicators BRFSS](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/chronic-diseases-risk-factors-and-health-indicators-brfss)
- The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a collaborative project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. states and territories. The BRFSS administered combined landline and cell phone prevalence data is supported by CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Branch. It is a continuous, state-based surveillance system that collects information about modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases and other leading causes of death.
- [Tobacco Use Risk Factors by Sex Age Race and Education BRFSS](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/tobacco-use-risk-factors-by-sex-age-race-and-education-brfss)
- The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a collaborative project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. states and territories. The BRFSS, administered and supported by CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Branch, is an ongoing data collection program designed to measure behavioral risk factors for the adult population (18 years of age and older) living in households.
- [US 500 Cities Project Local Data for Better Health](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/us-500-cities-project-local-data-for-better-health)
- This is the complete dataset for the 500 Cities project. It includes 2015 and 2016 model-based small area estimates for 27 measures of chronic disease related to unhealthy behaviors (5), health outcomes (13), and use of preventive services (9).
- [Vision and Eye Health Risk Factors and Indicators BRFSS](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/vision-and-eye-health-risk-factors-and-indicators-brfss)
- In 2013 and subsequently, one question in the core of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) asks about vision: Are you blind or do you have serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses? From 2005-2015 the BRFSS employed a ten question vision module regarding vision impairment, access, and utilization of eye care, and self-reported eye diseases. This dataset shows the results of that survey.

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