From TSmith@spokanecounty.org Mon Sep 20 09:45:53 1999 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id JAA63660 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:45:51 -0700 Received: from europa.spokanecounty.org ([205.143.50.100]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id JAA17501 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:45:51 -0700 Received: by EUROPA.spokanecounty.org with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:46:03 -0700 Message-ID: <0EA5C814E292E911A54F009027553CC513AA57@EUROPA.spokanecounty.org> From: "Smith, Torney" To: "'ph-assess@u.washington.edu'" Subject: RE: WA's uses of BRFSS data Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:46:02 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain This looks good to me. -----Original Message----- From: Simmons, Katrina W. [mailto:kws0303@doh.wa.gov] Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 9:36 AM To: Washington public health assessment coordinators Subject: Fwd: WA's uses of BRFSS data BRFSS Users & others interested in BRFSS data - The Behavioral Surveilance Branch at CDC is currently updating the document "Turning Information into Health: State Utilization of BRFSS Data," so that they may post an up-to-date version on the redesigned BRFSS website (which is due to be implemented in October). If you have any updates on these bullets for 1999, please send any changes to me (kws0303@doh.wa.gov) by October 1, 1999. Here are the bullet statements I provided for this document in 1998: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Washington has used the system to: < Provide data for The Health of Washington State, a statewide assessment of health in Washington state, including measures of 50 health indicators adapted from Washington State's 1994 Public Health Improvement Plan < Provide data on progress towards achievement of state and national year 2000 objectives in the areas of alcohol abuse, cholesterol and hypertension, fatty food consumption, HIV risk and AIDS, hunger, obesity, Pap smear and mammography usage, physical activity, smokeless tobacco and cigarette use < Develop new surveillance tools for asthma prevalence, family planning practices and sexual behavior, violence and abuse in families, firearm safety, osteoporosis risk, and physical activity at work < Provide model questions, procedures, analyses and consultation to support statewide health assessment activities in all 33 local health jurisdictions < Document need for and monitor progress of prevention program targeting tobacco use and to develop state-specific estimates of costs attributed to smoking - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thanks for your advice & consultation! Trina .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katrina Wynkoop Simmons, BRFSS Coordinator Center for Health Statistics, 1112 Quince St., SE MS/PO Box 47814, Olympia, WA 98504-7814 Voice: 360-236-4322; FAX: 360-753-4135 E-mail: kws0303@doh.wa.gov wynk100w@cdc.gov .