Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

The BRFSS is a telephone survey developed in the U.S. The survey collects health-related information including risk behaviours, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.The BRFSS is a telephone survey developed in the U.S. The survey collects health-related information including risk behaviours, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.

Yes

Timeframe is different across different questions.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaire. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, [appropriate year or years]. https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/questionnaires/index.htm

• See user guide here: https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/data_documentation/index.htm

• Nelson, D. E., Holtzman, D., Bolen, J., Stanwyck, C. A., & Mack, K. A. (2001). Reliability and validity of measures from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Sozial-und Praventivmedizin, 46, S3-42.

Time to complete the BRFSS is variable depending on choice of optional modules.