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Kent County Health Department
For Immediate Release: April 19, 2023
Contact: Maris Brummel
PH: (616) 632-7177
EM: Maris.Brummel@Kentcountymi.gov
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Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance
System Surveying Kent County Residents
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (April 18, 2023) – Starting this week, Kent County residents will be receiving phone calls asking them to participate in a Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey.
The BRFSS is the nation’s largest health-related telephone survey (landline or cell phone) and is conducted locally every three years. The survey is used to track the health of Kent County’s population, as well as creating and evaluating programs to support health and prevent disease. The University of Missouri’s Health and Behavioral Risk Research Center is conducting the survey on behalf of the Kent County Health Department (KCHD).
The survey collects data on the prevalence of various behaviors, health conditions, and preventive health care practices. The survey has a set of core questions that are asked to all participants, but additional questions were added to get more localized data about health-related risks and concerns in Kent County. This year, questions about mental health, economic stability, health care access, racism, firearm safety, and marijuana use were added to the survey.
The BRFSS is an anonymous survey of randomly chosen residents aged 18 and older living in Kent County. The information collected in the survey cannot be linked back to the participant. The data received will be analyzed by race, ethnicity, gender, education, income, location, etc. and used for the Kent County Community Health Needs Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan.
The BRFSS is jointly funded by the KCHD, Corewell Health, Mary Free Bed, Pine Rest, Trinity Health Grand Rapids, and University of Michigan Health-West. Learn more about the survey at www.accesskent.com/Health/BRFS. If you have questions, email CHNACHIP@kentcountymi.gov.
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