Navigating behavioral risk factor surveillance system data to assess measures of health in rural U.S. populations /
Although increasing attention has been turned toward the health behaviors and disease conditions of rural residents in the United States, obtaining data on this population group can be challenging. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys provide the opportunity to study the impact...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | SAGE Research Methods Cases : Medicine and Health.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Although increasing attention has been turned toward the health behaviors and disease conditions of rural residents in the United States, obtaining data on this population group can be challenging. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys provide the opportunity to study the impact of rural residence on health in a large existing dataset. In this case study, we share our experiences working with BRFSS data to study U.S. rural health in the context of diabetes screening. The process of accessing BRFSS data and codebooks as well as creation of a rural residence variable from BRFSS data will be discussed. We describe how to determine the distribution of sociodemographic and clinical factors in the BRFSS dataset as well as obtain unadjusted and adjusted estimates of diabetes screening using the rural residence variable. The BRFSS's advantages (ease of use, national representativeness, wide range of questions) and limitations (self-reported nature) will also be highlighted. This case study can be used to gain an introductory understanding of how to use and analyze BRFSS data in rural health studies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529741605 1529741602 |