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Effective Corporate Health Promotion Programs include the use of data sources in support of Corporate Health Promotion Program planning, implementation, and evaluation. Data sources can be used to complete a community needs assessment, develop realistic Corporate Health Promotion Program goals and objectives, and gain Senior Management support.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Data and statistics

• http://www.cdc.gov/DataStatistics/

• Data and statistics are available by topic (i.e., asthma, injuries, MRSA).

• Data access tools are available to customize information tables and query datasets (i.e., Healthy People DATA2010, tobacco use-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Costs).

• Nationwide survey information is available (i.e., National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)).

CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

• http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm

• BRFSS is the world’s largest, ongoing telephone health survey system. BRFSS has been tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the US yearly since 1984.

• Chronic Disease Indicators are divided into seven categories: physical activity and nutrition, tobacco and alcohol use, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, overarching conditions, and other disease and risk factors.

• Prevalence information is also available (i.e., weight classification by Body Mass Index and age).