Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance system (BRFSS)Comprehensive US govt 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. Current health-related perceptions, conditions, and behaviors (e.g., health status, health care access, alcohol consumption, tobacco use, disability, and HIV/AIDS risks, as well as demographic questions, and more.
By collecting behavioral health risk data at the state and local level, BRFSS has become a powerful tool for targeting and building health promotion activities
The largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984.
