Health Surveillance and the Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS)

One of the many functions of Public Health is to undertake ongoing surveillance of the health of the populations we serve. Surveillance is the systematic collection and analysis of health-related information and acts as an early warning system to detect changing trends and potential public health emergencies before they arise. As well, using surveillance allows your Health Unit to plan and develop the services we provide to you.

The Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit uses a telephone survey known as the Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS) to monitor the population of Leeds, Grenville and Lanark counties. RRFSS is administered on behalf of your Health Unit by the Institute for Social Research at York University. You may have already had a call about RRFSS. Each telephone survey lasts about 15 minutes and collects a variety of health-related and demographic information. These surveys are completely confidential. The reports produced from some of the survey results are available here.

Reports 2007-08

• Alcohol Use

• Childhood Injury

• Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke

• Familiarity with Health Unit

• Feta Alcohol Syndrome RRFSS

• Flu Immunization Location Reasons

• Health Report Distribution

• Parenting Consistency

• Post Partum Depression

• Safe Water

• Violence

• West Nile Awareness

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