Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey (BRFSS), 1998

<p>In 1984, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiated the state-based Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)--a cross-sectional telephone survey that state health departments conduct monthly over landline telephones and cellular telephones with a standardized questionnaire and technical and methodologic assistance from CDC. BRFSS is used to collect prevalence data among adult U.S. residents regarding their risk behaviors and preventive health practices that can affect their health status. Respondent data are forwarded to CDC to be aggregated for each state, returned with standard tabulations, and published at year's end by each state.</p>

1984年，美国疾病控制与预防中心（Centers for Disease Control and Prevention，简称CDC）启动了州级行为风险因素监测系统（Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System，简称BRFSS）——该系统是一项横断面电话调查，由各州卫生部门每月通过固定电话与移动电话开展，采用标准化问卷，并由CDC提供技术与方法学支持。BRFSS用于收集美国成年居民的患病率数据，内容涵盖影响其健康状态的风险行为与预防性健康实践。受访者数据将被提交至CDC，按各州完成汇总，随后生成标准统计表返还各州，并由各州于年末公开发布。