BRFSS and PRAMS Telephone Data Collection Services

The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is seeking a contractor to provide Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) telephone data collection services. The contractor will collect random sample telephone survey data related to health risk factors and conditions on the adult population in Mississippi for the BRFSS Program and conduct telephone interviews with mothers selected to participate in PRAMS. The contractor must have at least 7 years of recent experience conducting BRFSS data collection activities and must have successfully collected BRFSS data for at least 10 states/sites. The scope of work includes training interviewers, completing the required number of interviews, performing ongoing quality control, and submitting data to CDC. Key aspects of the job include: • Collecting random sample telephone survey data for BRFSS and PRAMS • Conducting telephone interviews with mothers selected to participate in PRAMS • Training interviewers on the new survey instrument • Completing the required number of interviews in accordance with survey guidelines • Performing ongoing quality control of the survey collection • Submitting data to CDC within 30 days of the end of the survey year • Working with CDC to correct any problems that may be identified with respect to the data