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3.0 |
Foundational |
1.1.1 |
1.0 |
HSS |
Health Security Surveillance |
1.0 |
PHSEI |
Health Surveillance & Epidemiological Investigation |
The creation, maintenance, support, and strengthening of passive and active surveillance to: identify, discover, locate, and monitor threats, disease agents, incidents, and outbreaks provide relevant information to stakeholders monitoring/investigating adverse events related to medical countermeasures. The sub-domain includes the ability to successfully expand these systems and processes in response to incidents of health significance. |
M17 |
State health department participates in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) |
The measure indicates participation in the nation's largest surveillance system that tracks health conditions and risk behaviors. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is used to collect prevalence data from U.S. adult residents regarding risk behavior and preventive health practices that can affect health status. Participation can provide population-level data that can be useful in vulnerability assessments and developing messaging and intervention strategies. |
CDC BRFSS |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaire (BRFSS). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Survey data analyzed by authors. |
2012—2015 |
The state's extensiveness of participation in the BRFSS based on sampling and instrumentation is not measured, and varies widely across states. |