Description

According to Mokdad & Remington (2010), “health behaviors are a leading cause of illness and death in the United States” (p. 1). Reflecting on this statement, write a paper (3 pages) discussing the importance of being able to measure health behaviors and describing methods to assess health behaviors in a target population.

The following items in particular will be assessed:

Discuss reasons for measuring health behaviors.
Identify at least two methods to assess/measure smoking behaviors among adolescents in your community.

LINK
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jul/10_0010.htm#Methods