Modifications to Objectives and Subobjectives

The following discussion highlights the modifications, including changes, additions, and deletions, to this focus area's objectives and subobjectives as a result of the midcourse review.

Four objectives became measurable: school or work days lost due to asthma (24-5), appropriate asthma care (24-7a through f), asthma surveillance systems (24-8), and vehicular crash deaths related to excessive sleepiness (24-12). Asthma surveillance systems (24-8) was revised from "establish in at least 25 States a surveillance system for tracking asthma death, illness, disability, impact of occupational and environmental factors on asthma, access to medical care, and asthma management" to "increase the number of States with an asthma surveillance system for tracking asthma cases, illness, and disability." Furthermore, asthma surveillance systems (24-8) was revised to reflect the data source used and to provide a more accurate definition for a comprehensive State asthma surveillance system.

Two subobjectives for obstructive sleep apnea medical evaluation and followup (24-11a and b, respectively) remained developmental. Data to assess both subobjectives are anticipated by the end of the decade.

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