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Access to Health Services

Access to Health Services

Increase health insurance coverage among persons under age 65

Access to Health Services

Increase health insurance coverage among persons under age 19

Access to Health Services

Increase individuals with a primary care provider

Reduce asthma deaths

Reduce asthma hospitalization rate among young children

Reduce asthma hospitalizations among 5 to 64 year-olds

Reduce asthma hospitalizations among persons 65 years and older

Reduce asthma emergency department visits (children under 5)

Reduce asthma emergency department visits among 5 to 64 year-olds

Reduce asthma emergency department visits (65 years and older)

Reduce asthma-related school absenteeism among children

Reduce asthma-related work absenteeism among adults

Increase children with an asthma action plan

Increase adults with an asthma action plan

Increase children with asthma advised to make changes in indoor environment

Increase adults with asthma advised to make changes to indoor environment

Reduce cancer death rate

Reduce lung cancer death rate

Reduce breast cancer death rate among women

Reduce uterine cervix cancer death rate

Reduce colorectal cancer death rate

Reduce oropharyngeal cancer death rate

Reduce prostate cancer death rate

Reduce melanoma cancer death rate

Reduce invasive colorectal cancer cases

Reduce invasive cervical cancer cases

Reduce late-stage breast cancer cases among women

Increase cancer five-year survival

Increase cervical cancer screening

Increase colorectal cancer screening

Increase breast cancer screening

Increase prostate cancer screening

Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic Kidney Disease

Reduce kidney disease death rate

Chronic Kidney Disease

Reduce end-stage renal disease cases

Chronic Kidney Disease

Reduce end-stage renal disease due to diabetes

Chronic Kidney Disease

Reduce end-stage renal disease death rate

Reduce diabetes death rate

Reduce lower extremity amputations among those with diabetes

Increase dilated eye exams among adults with diabetes

Increase percentage of diabetic adults who get a glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C) test at least twice a year

Environmental Health

Environmental Health

Reduce the number of unhealthy outdoor air days due to carbon monoxide

Environmental Health

Reduce the number of unhealthy outdoor air days due to particulate matter

Environmental Health

Reduce the number of unhealthy outdoor air days due to lead

Environmental Health

Reduce the number of unhealthy outdoor air days due to sulfur dioxide

Environmental Health

Reduce the number of unhealthy outdoor air days due to nitrogen dioxide

Environmental Health

Increase homes tested for radon

Environmental Health

Increase radon mitigation in homes with high levels of radon

Environmental Health

Increase the percentage of community water systems meeting chemical standards

Environmental Health

Increase the percentage of community water systems meeting radiological standards

Environmental Health

Increase the percentage of community water systems meeting microbological standards

Environmental Health

Reduce the number of beach closings due to elevated bacteriological levels

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Reduce central line blood related infections

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Reduce catheter associated urinary tract infections

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Reduce colon surgical site infections

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Reduce coronary artery bypass grafts surgical site infections

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Reduce abdominal hysterectomies surgical site infections

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Reduce knee arthroplasties surgical site infections

Heart Disease & Stroke

Heart Disease & Stroke

Reduce coronary heart disease death rate

Heart Disease & Stroke

Reduce stroke death rate

Heart Disease & Stroke

Increase blood cholesterol screening

Reduce HIV/AIDS transmission

Increase HIV-infected adolescents and adults receiving care and treatment

Reduce HIV death rate

Increase the proportion of HIV+ persons in care achieving a suppressed viral load

Reduce HIV and AIDS concurrent diagnoses

Increase children age 19-35 months receiving 4 doses of DTaP vaccines

Increase infants age 0-3 days receiving birth dose of Hep B vaccine

Increase children age 19-35 months receiving 4 doses of PCV vaccine

Increase children age 19-35 months receiving 4:3:1:4:3:1:4 vaccination series

Increase adults 65+ who receive pneumonia vaccination ever

Increase adults 65+ who receive seasonal flu vaccination

Injury and Violence Prevention

Injury and Violence Prevention

Reduce homicide rate

Injury and Violence Prevention

Reduce homicide deaths among male teens

Injury and Violence Prevention

Reduce homicide deaths among young adults

Injury and Violence Prevention

Reduce firearm-related injury deaths

Injury and Violence Prevention

Reduce firearm-related injury deaths among male teens

Injury and Violence Prevention

Reduce suicide rate

Injury and Violence Prevention

Reduce suicide attempts among high school students

Injury and Violence Prevention

Reduce motor vehicle-related deaths

Injury and Violence Prevention

Reduce unintentional poisoning deaths

Injury and Violence Prevention

Increase adult seat belt use

Injury and Violence Prevention

Increase observed seat belt use

Maternal and Child Health

Maternal and Child Health

Reduce infant death

Maternal and Child Health

Reduce low birth weight

Maternal and Child Health

Reduce very low birth weight

Maternal and Child Health

Increase prenatal care in first trimester

Maternal and Child Health

Reduce alcohol use by pregnant women

Maternal and Child Health

Reduce smoking by pregnant women

Maternal and Child Health

Increase infants put on their backs to sleep

Maternal and Child Health

Increase infants ever breastfed

Maternal and Child Health

Increase infants exclusively breastfed through 3 months

Maternal and Child Health

Increase infants exclusively breastfed through 6 months

Maternal and Child Health

Reduce formula supplementation

Maternal and Child Health

Increase births at Baby-Friendly Hospitals

Maternal and Child Health

Reduce births to teens

Maternal and Child Health

Reduce blood lead level in children aged 1-5 years

Maternal and Child Health

Reduce average blood lead levels in children aged 1-5 years

Maternal and Child Health

Increase newborn hearing screening follow-up

Maternal and Child Health

Reduce low-risk c-sections

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Prevent an increase in adult obesity

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Reduce high school student obesity

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Increase adult physical activity

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Increase high school student physical activity

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Reduce high school student TV time to 3 hours a day maximum

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Reduce high school student computer time to 3 hours a day maximum

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Reduce high school student soda consumption

Occupational Safety and Health

Occupational Safety and Health

Reduce death rate due to all work-related injuries

Occupational Safety and Health

Reduce death rate due to construction-related injuries

Occupational Safety and Health

Reduce pneumoconiosis deaths among persons 15 years old and older

Occupational Safety and Health

Reduce blood lead level concentrations from work exposures

Reduce hip fractures among older women

Reduce hip fractures among older men

Reduce fatal falls among older adults

Increase physical activity among older adults (65+)

Reduce nursing home funding compared to Home and Community Based Program funding

Reduce older adults reporting fair or poor health

Public Health Infrastructure

Public Health Infrastructure

Increase public health degree and certificate programs

Public Health Infrastructure

Increase community public health partnerships

Public Health Infrastructure

Increase accredited local health departments

Public Health Preparedness

Public Health Preparedness

Reduce time to issue official information in a public health emergency

Public Health Preparedness

Reduce time to activate response personnel

Public Health Preparedness

Reduce time to implement corrective action items

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Reduce chlamydia infections among young women (ages 15-24)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Reduce gonorrhea incidence among men under 30

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Reduce gonorrhea incidence among women under 30

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Reduce domestic transmission of primary and secondary syphilis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Reduce the reported congenital syphilis incidence rate

Reduce cigarette smoking among adults

Reduce cigarette smoking among high school students

Reduce tobacco use by high school students

Reduce high school student nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke

Reduce tuberculosis incidence rate

Increase tuberculosis 12-month treatment completion rate

Increase treatment completion rates among contacts with latent TB

Increase TB cases with known HIV status

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