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Features and Initial Assessment of the Italian Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (PASSI), 2007-2008

INTRODUCTION: Surveillance systems for health status and behaviors of populations are fundamental for planning, implementing, and monitoring preventive interventions. In 2006, the Italian Ministry of Health provided funding to the National Institute of Public Health to develop an ongoing surveillanc...

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Autores principales: Baldissera, Sandro, Campostrini, Stefano, Binkin, Nancy, Minardi, Valentina, Minelli, Giada, Ferrante, Gianluigi, Salmaso, Stefania
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3044035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21159236
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author Baldissera, Sandro
Campostrini, Stefano
Binkin, Nancy
Minardi, Valentina
Minelli, Giada
Ferrante, Gianluigi
Salmaso, Stefania
author_facet Baldissera, Sandro
Campostrini, Stefano
Binkin, Nancy
Minardi, Valentina
Minelli, Giada
Ferrante, Gianluigi
Salmaso, Stefania
author_sort Baldissera, Sandro
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description INTRODUCTION: Surveillance systems for health status and behaviors of populations are fundamental for planning, implementing, and monitoring preventive interventions. In 2006, the Italian Ministry of Health provided funding to the National Institute of Public Health to develop an ongoing surveillance system for adult behavioral risk factors. We describe the main features of the system (known as PASSI) and provide a preliminary assessment of its activity. METHODS: PASSI is conducted by participating local health units, which use a common questionnaire and methods. Each month, local health unit staff conduct telephone interviews of a random sample of resident adults aged 18 to 69 years. Data are transmitted to the national coordinating center, where they are cleaned, managed, and made available for local, regional, and national analysis. Training, data analysis, and communications are centrally supervised, and data quality is routinely monitored. RESULTS: In 2007 and 2008, nearly 60,000 interviews were completed. The demographic characteristics of survey participants closely corresponded to census data in the surveyed areas. The response rate was 82%; the refusal rate was 10% or less. Communications activities have been conducted to disseminate the results and encourage their use. CONCLUSIONS: PASSI is administered by the public health system with limited human and financial resources. In the first 2 years of activity, the data quality was good, and information collected was useful. The organizational model of PASSI may be of interest to countries that are developing surveillance systems as well as those with systems already in place.
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spelling pubmed-30440352011-03-21 Features and Initial Assessment of the Italian Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (PASSI), 2007-2008 Baldissera, Sandro Campostrini, Stefano Binkin, Nancy Minardi, Valentina Minelli, Giada Ferrante, Gianluigi Salmaso, Stefania Prev Chronic Dis Tools and Techniques INTRODUCTION: Surveillance systems for health status and behaviors of populations are fundamental for planning, implementing, and monitoring preventive interventions. In 2006, the Italian Ministry of Health provided funding to the National Institute of Public Health to develop an ongoing surveillance system for adult behavioral risk factors. We describe the main features of the system (known as PASSI) and provide a preliminary assessment of its activity. METHODS: PASSI is conducted by participating local health units, which use a common questionnaire and methods. Each month, local health unit staff conduct telephone interviews of a random sample of resident adults aged 18 to 69 years. Data are transmitted to the national coordinating center, where they are cleaned, managed, and made available for local, regional, and national analysis. Training, data analysis, and communications are centrally supervised, and data quality is routinely monitored. RESULTS: In 2007 and 2008, nearly 60,000 interviews were completed. The demographic characteristics of survey participants closely corresponded to census data in the surveyed areas. The response rate was 82%; the refusal rate was 10% or less. Communications activities have been conducted to disseminate the results and encourage their use. CONCLUSIONS: PASSI is administered by the public health system with limited human and financial resources. In the first 2 years of activity, the data quality was good, and information collected was useful. The organizational model of PASSI may be of interest to countries that are developing surveillance systems as well as those with systems already in place. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3044035/ /pubmed/21159236 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Baldissera, Sandro
Campostrini, Stefano
Binkin, Nancy
Minardi, Valentina
Minelli, Giada
Ferrante, Gianluigi
Salmaso, Stefania
Features and Initial Assessment of the Italian Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (PASSI), 2007-2008
title Features and Initial Assessment of the Italian Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (PASSI), 2007-2008
title_full Features and Initial Assessment of the Italian Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (PASSI), 2007-2008
title_fullStr Features and Initial Assessment of the Italian Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (PASSI), 2007-2008
title_full_unstemmed Features and Initial Assessment of the Italian Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (PASSI), 2007-2008
title_short Features and Initial Assessment of the Italian Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (PASSI), 2007-2008
title_sort features and initial assessment of the italian behavioral risk factor surveillance system (passi), 2007-2008
topic Tools and Techniques
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3044035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21159236
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