Solution for survey discrepancies in Washington State smoking prevalence.
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: issues/2006/jan/05_0057.htm. To the Editor: Consistent with the findings of Ramsey et al (1), we found that the Washington State smoking prevalence data from the Adult Tobacco Survey (ATS) were lower than the prevalence data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). In this letter, we discuss how Washington resolved this problem of disparate prevalence estimates and still obtained population-based survey data on many tobacco-related measures. Although the BRFSS is conducted in Washington to collect data on health behaviors, including tobacco-related health behaviors (2), the Washington Tobacco Prevention and Control Program also conducted the ATS from 2000 through 2002 to obtain extensive information on tobaccorelated
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: Michael J Boysun, Julie E Maher, Michael J Stark, Barbara A Pizacani, Kristen Rohde, Julia Dilley, Katrina Wynkoop Simmons
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology (medical)
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1713814649