answered: Briefly describe the purpose of the BRFFS and how it is cond

  

Briefly describe the purpose of the BRFFS and how it is conducted (from FAQs).
Choose the states you were assigned in class. Briefly describe the demographics of each state, including the size of the population. www.census.gov/quickfacts. On the BRFSS Prevalence and Trends Data page, (https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/brfssprevalence/index.html) choose “Explore BRFSS Data by Location”, and choose Kansas and South Dakota. Select a Class (Chronic Disease) and Topic( Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease)from the drop down menu to learn about the prevalence of those diseases within the population of the states assigned.
Explain why this issue is important enough to public health that we have a surveillance question about it.
Use the drop down menu options to explore and then discuss the distribution of this disease/health indicator by gender, age group, race/ethnicity, household income, and education attained.
On the BRFSS Prevalence and Trends Data page, choose “Explore BRFSS data by topic”. Select the same Class, Topic, and question. Look at the map and find out where Kansas and South Dakota fall compared to each other. The class will discuss which states/regions seem to have the highest and lowest prevalence? Where does your assigned state fall?
Discuss why it is important to have this evidence and suggest how a public health expert might use this numerical information.