HHS launches Leading Health Indicators app challenge

By Molly Merrill
12:50 PM

Leading Health Indicators

Access to Health Services

  • Persons with medical insurance (AHS-1.1)
  • Persons with a usual primary care provider (AHS-3)

Clinical Preventive Services

  • Adults who receive a colorectal cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines (C-16)
  • Adults with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control (HDS-12)
  • Adult diabetic population with an A1c value greater than 9 percent (D-5.1)
  • Children aged 19 to 35 months who receive the recommended doses of DTaP, polio, MMR, Hib, hepatitis B, varicella, and PCV vaccines (IID-8)

Environmental Quality

  • Air Quality Index (AQI) exceeding 100 (EH-1)
  • Children aged 3 to 11 years exposed to secondhand smoke (TU-11.1)

Injury and Violence

  • Fatal injuries (IVP-1.1)
  • Homicides (IVP-29)

Maternal, Infant, and Child Health

  • Infant deaths (MICH-1.3)
  • Preterm births (MICH-9.1)

Mental Health

  • Suicides (MHMD-1)
  • Adolescents who experience major depressive episodes (MDE) (MHMD-4.1)

Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

  • Adults who meet current federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic physical activity and muscle-strengthening activity (PA-2.4)
  • Adults who are obese (NWS-9)
  • Children and adolescents who are considered obese (NWS-10.4)
  • Total vegetable intake for persons aged 2 years and older (NWS-15.1)

Oral Health

  • Persons aged two years and older who used the oral health care system in past 12 months (OH-7)

Reproductive and Sexual Health

  • Sexually active females aged 15 to 44 years who received reproductive health services in the past 12 months (FP-7.1)
  • Persons living with HIV who know their serostatus (HIV-13)

Social Determinants

  • Students who graduate with a regular diploma four years after starting 9th grade (AH-5.1)

Substance Abuse

  • Adolescents using alcohol or any illicit drugs during the past 30 days (SA-13.1)
  • Adults engaging in binge drinking during the past 30 days (SA-14.3)

Tobacco

  • Adults who are current cigarette smokers (TU-1.1)
  • Adolescents who smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days (TU-2.2)
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