Publications & Resources

MMWR Surveillance Summaries

The CDC’sMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) contains hundreds of articles citing BRFSS data. The MMWR website provides the complete articles in a searchable data base. MMWR Surveillance Summaries present BRFSS data from one or more years in single or combined reports. More

BRFSS Data Quality, Validity, and Reliability

Information on analyses of BRFSS validity and reliability, including assessing the use of BRFSS for producing national estimates.

Methods, Validity, and Reliability Bibliography

Bibliography of articles related to methodologic issues and the validity/reliability of self-reported data, including BRFSS.

Page last reviewed: September 22, 2017

Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Population Health