Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, 2301 Fifth Ave, Ste 600, Seattle, WA 98121, USA.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Jul;7(4):A75. Epub 2010 Jun 15.
Health behaviors are a leading cause of illness and death in the United States. Efforts to improve public health require information on the prevalence of health behaviors in populations - not only to target programs to areas of most need but also to evaluate the effectiveness of intervention efforts. Telephone surveys, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, are a good way to assess health behaviors in populations. These data provide estimates at the national and state level but often require multiple years of data to provide reliable estimates at the local level. With changes in telephone use (eg, rapid decline in the ownership of landlines), innovative methods to collect data on health behaviors, such as in health care settings or through Internet-based surveys, need to be developed.
健康行为是导致美国人群疾病和死亡的主要原因。改善公众健康的努力需要了解人群中健康行为的流行情况，不仅要将项目针对最需要的地区，还要评估干预措施的效果。电话调查，如疾病控制和预防中心的行为风险因素监测系统，是评估人群健康行为的一种很好的方法。这些数据提供了国家和州一级的估计，但通常需要多年的数据才能在地方一级提供可靠的估计。随着电话使用方式的变化（例如，固定电话拥有量的迅速下降），需要开发创新的方法来收集健康行为数据，例如在医疗保健环境中或通过基于互联网的调查。
