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Core Components of Survey

The BRFSS survey is composed of three main sections:

  • Core Component
  • Optional Module
  • State-Added Questions

All states must ask the core component questions without modification.

States may choose to add any, all, or none of the optional modules and state-added questions after asking the core component questions.

Arthritis Programs in South Carolina

Through the programs promoted by the DPH Division of Healthy Aging and the Lt. Governor's Office on Aging, people with arthritis can learn to manage their arthritis, reduce joint pain and live a healthy active life. Don't let arthritis keep you from living the life you want, take charge and show arthritis who is boss!

For more information on any of these programs, please call our toll free number: 1-866-899-3663.

Data to Care (DTC)

What is Data to Care (DTC)?

DTC is a public health strategy that aims to use HIV surveillance data to identify HIV-diagnosed individuals, not in care, link them to care, and support the HIV Care Continuum.

DTC in South Carolina is known as Targeting Re-engagement In Care Efficiently (TRICE).

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

Nearly year-round, the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) participates in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) — the world's largest continuously conducted health survey system in the world. The BRFSS is a random telephone survey of non-institutionalized individuals aged 18 or older that is used to track health risks, behaviors and preventative health practices in the United States.

Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

Updated: June 29, 2026

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) in 1987 in response to indications that the United States low birthweight and infant mortality rates were no longer declining as rapidly as in past years. In 1991, South Carolina (SC) PRAMS was implemented through a collaborative agreement between the CDC, the Office of Public Health Statistics and Information Services and the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health (DPH).

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