title: Public agency collaboration: implementation of the behavioral risk factor survey in adjacent Texas communities.
abstract: This article describes a collaborative community survey project between two public agencies serving adjacent urban communities. The main purpose of the collaboration was to establish comparable baseline health risk data for each community. To meet this goal, the agencies jointly administered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System questionnaire in their communities. The collaborative process was manageable and conserved both time and resources. This assessment project exemplifies a collaboration that both public and private healthcare entities can model to help ensure the health of the communities they serve.
authors.affiliation: Tarrant County Public Health Department, #208-1800 University Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Jaiyeola
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D003710:Demography; D004496:Education, Continuing; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009111:Local Government; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012307:Risk Factors; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population