Brazil Surveillance System of Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Interviews 2016
General Info
Original or alternative title
Vigitel Brasil 2016: vigilância de fatores de risco e proteção para doenças crônicas por inquérito telefônico
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
February, 2016 - December, 2016
Series or system
Data type
Survey:
Cross-sectional - Individual - Interview
Summary
VIGITEL is a telephone survey of chronic diseases and risk factors in Brazil. The sample is drawn from the telephone systems in the 26 state capitals and Federal District; in 2016, 53,210 interviews were conducted from a sample of 77,671 eligible lines.
Keywords
Alcohol use, Diabetes, Diet, Dietary sodium, Education, FFQ, Fruits and vegetables, Health insurance, Health status, Height, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension, Leisure activities, Marital status, Meat, Medicines, Pap smears, Physical activity, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Race, School enrollment, Screening, Screening mammography, Secondhand smoke, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Vegetables, Weight, Weight change
Citation
Contributors
Suggested citation
Ministry of Health (Brazil), Secretariat of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Health (Brazil), University of São Paulo. Brazil Surveillance System of Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Interviews 2016. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Secretariat of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Health (Brazil).