Wgu Est1 Task 2

Describe the Data Source

The data source that we reviewed is called the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), which can be located at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/. The BRFSS is a national health survey system that collects data from U.S. residents in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and in three U.S. territories (CDC, 2014). The data consists of health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and the use of preventive services (CDC, 2014). States use this data to address urgent and emerging health issues like the vaccine shortage during the 2004-2005 flu season, as well as, the impact of Hurricane Katrina and Rita in 2005 (CDC, 2014). The BRFSS is also used by public health professionals from all 50 states for

One such example, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-Back Survey Summary Data Quality Report, has codes and state data to show methods and means for seasonal state by state collection of asthma information (CDC,2015). The BRFSS,in their call-back survey report, use disposition codes, which tell the papers reviewers how many people were a good or bad fit for the survey and who completed or did not complete the survey(CDC,2015).The disposition codes are applied to the calculation of completion rates, cooperation rates, Council of American Survey Research Organizations rates ,which examine cooperation and the amount of good survey candidate completion, and refusal rates(CDC,2015). The means or way that data collection happens, in this case, is through calls to landlines (CDC,2015). Similar to the Asthma Call-Back Survey Summary Data Quality Report, the BRFSS published the 2014 Summary Data Quality Report , which a is yearly summary documentation of their efforts in 2014 as far as how many responses the group could get via cellphone or landline, how many people were eligible for surveys , how many people completed the surveys, disposition codes, rates, and general outcomes for phone surveys for each state

Using this website benefits me while I am at school researching public health statistics on a certain health risk or condition because I have access not only to data from the survey in each state but also counties as well. Being able to look up research from the 1980’s till today is another great source in the website. Another great resource from this website is that it provides you with articles that have to do with the data that is being produced through the BRFSS. It is easy to find those articles in the website if I ever need them for a certain paper that is dealing with health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States. Being in the public health field and specifically focusing on health promotion, I believe this website is a great source of where the problems of different health risk are happening around the country. As a health professional, my job is to take that data and find a way to prevent the health risk and behavioral risk from