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1-3. Counseling about health behaviors

Clinical Preventive Care

ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE
1-3. Increase the proportion of persons appropriately counseled about health behaviors.
Target and baseline:
Objective Increase in Counseling on Health Behaviors Among Persons at Risk With a Physician Visit in the Past Year 1995
Baseline
2010
Target
Percent
1-3a. Physical activity or exercise (adults aged 18 years and older) Developmental
1-3b. Diet and nutrition (adults aged 18 years and older) Developmental
1-3c. Smoking cessation (adult smokers aged 18 years and older) Developmental
1-3d. Reduced alcohol consumption (adults aged 18 years and older with excessive alcohol consumption) Developmental
1-3e. Childhood injury prevention: vehicle restraints and bicycle helmets (children aged 17 years and under) Developmental
1-3f. Unintended pregnancy (females aged 15 to 44 years) 19 50
1-3g. Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (males aged 15 to 49 years; females aged 15 to 44 years) Developmental
1-3h. Management of menopause (females aged 46 to 56 years) Developmental
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source s: National Survey on Family Growth (NSFG), CDC, NCHS; National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
OBJECTIVE WITH REVISIONS (Including Subobjective Proposed for Deletion)
1-3. Increase the proportion of persons appropriately counseled about health behaviors.
Target and baseline:
Objective Increase in Counseling on Health Behaviors Among Persons at Risk With a Physician Visit in the Past Year 19952001
Baseline
(unless noted)
2010
Target
Percent
1-3a. Physical activity or exercise (adults aged 18 years and older) Developmental45  54 
1-3b. Diet and nutrition (adults aged 18 years and older) Developmental43  56 
1-3c. Smoking cessation (adult smokers aged 18 years and older) 66  72 
1-3d. Reduced alcohol consumption (adults aged 18 years and older with excessive alcohol consumption) Risky drinking (adults aged 18 years and older)  Developmental10  17 
1-3e. (Subobjective proposed for deletion due to lack of data source) Childhood injury prevention: vehicle restraints and bicycle helmets (children aged 17 years and under)  Developmental
1-3f. Unintended pregnancy (females aged 15 to 44 years) 19 (1995)  50
1-3g. Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (males aged 15 to 49 years; females aged 15 to 44 years) Submit+Comment+icon Developmental
1-3h. Management of menopause (females aged 465 to 567 years)  Developmental40  42 
(For data control purposes, subobjectives are not renumbered.) Read information regarding the deletion of an objective due to lack of data source.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source s: National Survey on Family Growth (NSFG), CDC, NCHS; National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
REVISED OBJECTIVE
1-3. Increase the proportion of persons appropriately counseled about health behaviors.
Target and baseline:
Objective Increase in Counseling on Health Behaviors Among Persons at Risk With a Physician Visit in the Past Year 2001
Baseline
(unless noted)
2010
Target
Percent
1-3a. Physical activity or exercise (adults aged 18 years and older) 45 54
1-3b. Diet and nutrition (adults aged 18 years and older) 43 56
1-3c. Smoking cessation (adult smokers aged 18 years and older) 66 72
1-3d. Risky drinking (adults aged 18 years and older) 10 17
1-3f. Unintended pregnancy (females aged 15 to 44 years) 19 (1995) 50
1-3g. Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (males aged 15 to 49 years; females aged 15 to 44 years) Developmental
1-3h. Management of menopause (females aged 45 to 57 years) 40 42
(For data control purposes, subobjectives are not renumbered.)
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source s: National Survey on Family Growth (NSFG), CDC, NCHS; National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.

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