Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
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The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System is a large, ongoing U.S. health-related telephone survey system that collects data on health behaviors, chronic conditions, and preventive service use among adults.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T435368 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Context triple: [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, notableProgram, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System]
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A.
Behavioral and Social Research Program
The Behavioral and Social Research Program is a National Institute on Aging initiative that supports research on how behavioral, psychological, social, and economic factors influence aging and health across the lifespan.
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B.
World Health Report
The World Health Report is the World Health Organization’s flagship analytical publication that provides comprehensive assessments of global health trends, challenges, and policy priorities.
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C.
Bureau of Community Health and Prevention
The Bureau of Community Health and Prevention is a division of Massachusetts’ public health system that focuses on promoting wellness and preventing disease through community-based programs, policy initiatives, and health education.
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D.
National Reporter System
The National Reporter System is a comprehensive set of regional and specialized case law reporters published by West that organizes and publishes judicial opinions from courts across the United States.
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E.
Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States
The Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States was a panel of medical and scientific experts convened to evaluate evidence on the health effects of smoking and inform landmark federal public health guidance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Target entity description: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System is a large, ongoing U.S. health-related telephone survey system that collects data on health behaviors, chronic conditions, and preventive service use among adults.
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A.
Behavioral and Social Research Program
The Behavioral and Social Research Program is a National Institute on Aging initiative that supports research on how behavioral, psychological, social, and economic factors influence aging and health across the lifespan.
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B.
World Health Report
The World Health Report is the World Health Organization’s flagship analytical publication that provides comprehensive assessments of global health trends, challenges, and policy priorities.
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C.
Bureau of Community Health and Prevention
The Bureau of Community Health and Prevention is a division of Massachusetts’ public health system that focuses on promoting wellness and preventing disease through community-based programs, policy initiatives, and health education.
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D.
National Reporter System
The National Reporter System is a comprehensive set of regional and specialized case law reporters published by West that organizes and publishes judicial opinions from courts across the United States.
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E.
Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States
The Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States was a panel of medical and scientific experts convened to evaluate evidence on the health effects of smoking and inform landmark federal public health guidance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
health survey system
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public health surveillance system ⓘ telephone survey ⓘ |
| collectsInformationOn |
alcohol use
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cancer screening ⓘ diabetes ⓘ diet ⓘ hypertension ⓘ immunization ⓘ obesity ⓘ physical activity ⓘ tobacco use ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dataAccessibility | publicly available summary data ⓘ |
| dataCollectionFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| dataTypeCollected |
chronic conditions
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health behaviors ⓘ preventive service use ⓘ |
| dataUse |
guide health promotion programs
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inform public health policy ⓘ track progress toward national health objectives ⓘ |
| dataUsers |
federal public health agencies
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researchers ⓘ state health departments ⓘ |
| field |
epidemiology
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public health ⓘ |
| frequency | continuous ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage |
District of Columbia
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U.S. territories ⓘ all 50 U.S. states ⓘ |
| inception | 1984 ⓘ |
| includes |
core questionnaire
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optional modules ⓘ state-added questions ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Spanish ⓘ |
| methodology | random-digit dialing ⓘ |
| operator |
CDC
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linked to:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. public health surveillance ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
monitor chronic health conditions
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monitor health-related risk behaviors ⓘ monitor use of preventive services ⓘ |
| sponsor | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ |
| surveyMode | telephone interview ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
U.S. residents aged 18 years and older
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noninstitutionalized adults ⓘ |
| website | https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Description of subject: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System is a large, ongoing U.S. health-related telephone survey system that collects data on health behaviors, chronic conditions, and preventive service use among adults.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
→
notableProgram
→
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
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