1. Division of Surveillance: Available Data Sources
Chelsea Lynes, MSPH

2. Data Sources Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Children’s Health Assessment Survey (CHAS)
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT)

3. BRFSS
Non-institutionalized adults (ages 18+) who reside in SC and have a telephone number
Random-digit dialed telephone survey
Administered in SC since 1984
Cell phones added in 2011
Data
Are weighted annually to mirror the state population
Can be compared between states and to nation
Most recent = 2015

4. BRFSS continued
Used for statewide prevalence of chronic conditions and can also assess the impact of social determinants of health on the prevalence

5. BRFSS continued NH = Non-Hispanic
Some geographic information is available – keep in mind there are confidence intervals associated with these
NH = Non-Hispanic

6. Satisfaction with care received in last 12 months (%) (BRFSS 2014)
BRFSS continued
Satisfaction with care received in last 12 months (%) (BRFSS 2014)
Health care access and utilization module added in 2013 and 2014

7. CHAS
Children under 18
If adult BRFSS respondent indicates child living in home, asked to complete CHAS
Called back within one week
BRFSS and CHAS respondent can be different
Collected annually since 2012
Weighted to mirror state population of children
Most recent = 2015

8. CHAS continued
Annually, statewide and regional estimates available

9. CHAS continued
Can link BRFSS and CHAS data

10. PRAMS
New moms in SC
Health behaviors and attitudes before, during, and after pregnancy
Administered in SC since 1992
Can compare to other states
Linked with birth certificate data
Oversample very low and low birth weight babies
Most recent = 2013

11. PRAMS continued
Social determinants of health

12. PRAMS continued
Barriers to prenatal care – also includes barriers to breastfeeding and oral health care utilization, among other issues
Approximately 18% of women reported not receiving prenatal care as early as they wanted – here are some reasons why:

13. EPHT Data portal/visualizations of environmental related data
Some CDC required
Some SC specific
Data steward for any lead testing data
In SC since 2009

14. Climate and Health Indicators (EPHT)
EPHT continued
Climate and Health Indicators (EPHT)
Heat-related
Emergency department visits
Hospitalizations
Deaths
Data visualizations on web portal

15. EPHT continued
From 2010 to 2015 there has been an 60% reduction in the percent of children tested with an elevated Blood Lead Level
There has been an increase in the percent of children being tested multiple times within the same calendar year going from 3.6% to 6.3%.
38 of the top 40 most tested Cities in South Carolina has shown from a 15% to 90% reduction in the percent of elevated BLL patients.

16. Summary BRFSS; CHAS; PRAMS EPHT Some data available on the web
Data sets/tables available upon request
Surveys flexible from year to year
EPHT
Stands alone
Data visualization/web portal
Steward of lead testing data

17. Questions? Thank you!

18. Kristin Simpson
Harley Davis
Chelsea Lynes