Chronic diseases with behavioral risk factors are now the leading causes of death in the United States. A national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) monitors those risk factors; however, there is a need for national and state evaluations of chronic disease surveillance systems. The Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed a framework on evaluating noncommunicable disease–related surveillance systems; however, no implementation of this framework has yet been published. This article describes the process of, and offers lessons learned from, implementing the evaluation framework to assess the Alaska BRFSS. This implementation evaluation may inform assessments of other state and regional chronic disease surveillance systems and offers insight on the positive potential to consult key stakeholders to guide evaluation priorities.

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评估慢性病监测系统：从应用框架评估阿拉斯加行为风险因素监测系统的经验教训

具有行为危险因素的慢性疾病现在是美国的主要死亡原因。国家行为风险因素监测系统 (BRFSS) 监测这些风险因素；然而，需要对慢性病监测系统进行国家和州评估。卫生与公众服务部/疾病控制与预防中心 (CDC) 制定了评估非传染性疾病相关监测系统的框架；然而，该框架的实施尚未公布。本文描述了实施评估框架以评估阿拉斯加 BRFSS 的过程并提供从中吸取的经验教训。