A Statewide Analysis of Health Care with Respect to Behavioral Risk Factors
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC 135
Start Date
17-5-2012
End Date
17-5-2012
Abstract
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, or BRFSS, is an annual survey executed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, all across America. The BRFSS is the largest continuously conducted telephone health survey in the world. The information summarized by the variables collected in this survey is vital for health agencies to monitor risk factors for chronic diseases, as well as to learn more about health care in communities across the States. This study involves the use of the BRFSS data to analyze differences among Kittitas County residents and the rest of Washington State. The analysis presents interesting results that could be helpful to health care providers in these communities, as well as to individuals that live within them. We use various statistical methods, including ANOVA, to compare Kittitas County health data to other communities within the state in order to better understand Kittitas County population. The results will also be shared with the Kittitas County Health Department, as it reveals new information about its residents.
Recommended Citation
Little, Tanya, "A Statewide Analysis of Health Care with Respect to Behavioral Risk Factors" (2012). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 83.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2012/oralpresentations/83
Additional Mentoring Department
Mathematics
A Statewide Analysis of Health Care with Respect to Behavioral Risk Factors
SURC 135
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, or BRFSS, is an annual survey executed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, all across America. The BRFSS is the largest continuously conducted telephone health survey in the world. The information summarized by the variables collected in this survey is vital for health agencies to monitor risk factors for chronic diseases, as well as to learn more about health care in communities across the States. This study involves the use of the BRFSS data to analyze differences among Kittitas County residents and the rest of Washington State. The analysis presents interesting results that could be helpful to health care providers in these communities, as well as to individuals that live within them. We use various statistical methods, including ANOVA, to compare Kittitas County health data to other communities within the state in order to better understand Kittitas County population. The results will also be shared with the Kittitas County Health Department, as it reveals new information about its residents.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Dominic Klyve