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Publications and Research


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Publication Databases
Methodology and Research
At A Glance Report
Operational and User's Guide
Special Reports
Surveillance Summaries

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Publication Databases

Scientific Publication Database
This database contains citation information for scientific publications that use BRFSS data. It does not contain state reports or letters to the editor.

State Publications Database
This database contains state-based publications that cite BRFSS data, such as monographs, annual reviews, newsletters, and Healthy People progress reports.

MMWR
The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) contains hundreds of articles citing BRFSS data. The MMWR Web site provides the complete articles in a searchable database.

Methodology and Research

Data Quality, Validity, and Reliability
Information on analyses of BRFSS validity and reliability, including assessing the use of BRFSS for producing national estimates.

Research and Development Initiatives
Information on survey experiments and methodological analyses conducted in conjunction with BRFSS.

Methods, Validity, and Reliability Bibliography
Bibliography of articles related to methodologic issues and the validity/reliability of self-reported data, including BRFSS.

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At A Glance Report

Health Risks in the United States: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Annual report on the activities of CDC's comprehensive state-based surveillance system. Find out how data are collected, then learn how those data are used to measure risk behaviors for the nation.

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User's Guide

BRFSS Operational and User's Guide (PDF-1.7Mb)
The User's Guide is a manual covering all aspects of BRFSS survey operations. This fully navigable, fully printable PDF version includes the following information:

• Processes of the BRFSS • Data collection and management
• Survey protocol • Quality assurance, funding
• Staffing • Data use and promotion
• Questionnaire development • Reference material
• Survey methodology • Tips and pointers from the states

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Special Reports

Estimated Influenza Vaccination Coverage
The BRFSS has been used to monitor the influenza vaccine shortage for the 2004–2005 flu season. MMWR Vol 53, No 49 (December 17, 2004).

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Surveillance Summaries

Surveillance of Certain Health Behaviors Among States and Selected Local Areas --- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2006 MMWR Vol 57, No SS-07 (August 15, 2008).

Surveillance of Certain Health Behaviors Among States and Selected Local Areas --- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2005 MMWR Vol 56, No SS-04 (May 11, 2007).

Surveillance for Certain Health Behaviors Among States and Selected Local Areas --- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2004. MMWR Vol 55, No SS-07 (July 14, 2006).

Surveillance for Certain Health Behaviors Among States and Selected Local Areas --- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2003. MMWR Vol 54, No SS-08 (December 2, 2005).

Surveillance for Certain Health Behaviors Among Selected Local Areas — United States, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002. MMWR Vol 53, No SS-05 (July 23, 2004).

State-Specific Prevalence of Selected Chronic Disease-Related Characteristics — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2001. MMWR Vol 52, No SS-08 (August 22, 2003).

purple bead  Surveillance Summaries Archive (1988-2001)


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