Public Health Survey

By Matthew Platt, Phyllis Parker, Tracy

Ceurvels, Reggie Glenn

Introduction

Sources of Data the community

may use

• 2005 Nevada Adult Tobacco Survey (ATS)

• Healthy People 2010 (HP 2010)

• Nevada Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

(BRFSS)• National Youth Tobacco

Survey (YTS)

Data Collection Standards

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Random Digital Dial (RDD)• Computer Assisted Telephone

Interviewing (CATI)

Data Sources used to determine the focus on health

care

• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

Data Sources cont’d

Data Sources cont’d

• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

Accurate data sources

• State of Nevada Nevada State Health

Division• Centers for Disease

Control

Comparison of the national

epidemiological data on tobacco-use

*Understanding the origin*Attributions to tobacco-use*Risk Factors of tobacco-use

Local and Community level attack against

tobacco-use

*Educating targeted population*Identifying local and community level

support*Preventative measures

Data Collection & Interventions

*Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

*Nevada Tobacco Prevention and Education Program

Conclusion

References

CDC: Adolescent and School Health". (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth

Department of Health and Human Services Nevada State Health Division Bureau of Health Statistics, Planning, Epidemiology, and Response Office of Health Statistics and Surveillance. (2012).

References

"Nevada State Health Division". (2006). Retrieved from http://www.health.nv.gov/CD

Nevada Public Health Foundation. (n.d.). Tobacco prevention and education. Retrieved from http://www.nevadapublichealthfoundation.org./tpep.asp

References

"Nevada State Health Division". (2006). Retrieved from

http://www.health.nv.gov/CD