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List of Objectives Retained as Developmental

Objective numbers in bold with an asterisk (*) indicate the objectives with proposed change(s).

Focus Area Objective Objective Short Title
11-3*Counseling about health behaviors
  • 1-3g. Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (males aged 15 to 49 years; females aged 15 to 44 years)
  • 11-7*Core competencies in health provider training
  • 1-7a. Allopathic medicine—counseling for health promotion and disease prevention
  • 1-7b. Allopathic medicine—cultural diversity
  • 1-7c. Osteopathic medicine—counseling for health promotion and disease prevention
  • 1-7d. Osteopathic medicine—cultural diversity
  • 1-7e. Undergraduate nursing—counseling for health promotion and disease prevention
  • 1-7f. Undergraduate nursing—cultural diversity
  • 1-7g. Advanced practice nursing—counseling for health promotion and disease prevention
  • 1-7h. Advanced practice nursing—cultural diversity
  • 2None
    33-9Sun exposure and skin cancer
  • 3-9a. (Developmental) Increase the proportion of adolescents in grades 9 through 12 who follow protective measures that may reduce the risk of skin cancer.
  • 4None
    5None
    66-13*Surveillance and health promotion programs
  • 6-13b. Tribes—Surveillance for people with disabilities
  • 6-13d. Tribes—Health promotion programs for people with disabilities
  • 6-13f. Tribes—Surveillance for caregivers
  • 6-13h. Tribes—Health promotion programs for people with disabilities
  • 77-5Worksite health promotion programs
  • 7-5a. Worksites with fewer than 50 employees
  • 77-10*Community health promotion programs
    88-14*Toxic pollutants
  • 8-14a. Reduce the amount of toxic chemicals in production-related waste ("Green Index")
  • 8-14b. Reduce the amount of toxic chemicals released to the environment ("Clean Index")
  • 88-17*Office building air quality
    88-25*Exposure to <strike>heavy metals and other toxic chemicals</strike>heavy metals, pesticides, and selected environmental chemicals
    Heavy metals
  • 8-25a. Arsenic
  • 8-25d. Manganese
    Pesticides
  • 8-25f. 2, 4-D
  • 8-25h. cis- and trans- Permethrins
  • 8-25i. Diazinon
    Persistent chemicals
  • 8-25j. Polychlorinated biphenyls
  • 8-25k. Dioxins
  • 8-25l. Furans
    Organochlorine compounds
  • 8-25n. Dieldrin
  • 99-11*Pregnancy prevention education
    Formal instruction
    HIV/AIDS prevention through safer sex practices
  • 9-11e. Females
  • 9-11f. Males
    Sexually transmitted diseases
  • 9-11g. Females
  • 9-11h. Males
    Informal instruction

    HIV/AIDS prevention through safer sex practices
  • 9-11m. Females
  • 9-11n. Males
  • 1010-4*Food allergy deaths <u>and illness</u>
  • 10-4a . Deaths
  • 1111-2Health literacy
    1111-3Research and evaluation of communication programs
    1111-4Quality of Internet health information sources
    1212-5*Out-of-hospital emergency care
    1212-16*LDL-cholesterol level in CHD patients
    1313-5*New HIV cases
    1313-13Treatment according to guidelines
  • 13-13a. Viral load testing
  • 13-13b. Tuberculin skin testing (TST)
  • 1313-15*Interval between HIV infection and AIDS diagnosis
    1313-18*Heterosexually transmitted HIV infection in women
    1414-10*Identification of persons with chronic hepatitis C
    1414-22*Universally recommended vaccination of children aged 19 to 35 months
  • 14-22h. 1 dose influenza vaccine (aged 6 to 23 months)
  • 1414-24Fully immunized young children and adolescents
  • 14-24b. Adolescents aged 13 to 15 years who receive the recommended vaccines
  • 15None
    1616-12Weight gain during pregnancy
    1616-20*Newborn bloodspot screening
  • 16-20a. Ensure that all newborns are screened at birth for conditions mandated by their State-sponsored newborn screening programs, for example, phenylketonuria and hemoglobinopathies by matching the number screened by the State to birth certificate information
  • 16-20b. Ensure that followup diagnostic testing for screened positives is performed within an appropriate time period by monitoring the period from time of birth to initial diagnosis within an appropriate time period
  • 17None
    1818-13State plans addressing cultural competence
    1919-14Iron deficiency in pregnant females
    2020-11Work-related, noise-induced hearing loss
    21None
    2222-13Worksite physical activity and fitness
    2323-2*<strike>Public a</strike>Access to information and surveillance data
    2323-8*<strike>Competencies for public health workers</strike>Incorporating core competencies in job descriptions and performance evaluations
    2323-9*Academic <strike>T</strike>training in essential public health services
    2323-10*Continuing education and training of public health professionals by public health agencies
  • 23-10a. Tribal public health personnel
  • 2323-12*Health improvement plans
  • 23-12a. Tribal agencies
  • 23-12d. Local jurisdictions that have linked health improvement plans to the State plans
  • 2323-14*Access to epidemiology services
  • 23-14b. Tribal public health agencies
  • 23-14c. State public health agencies
  • 23-14d. Local public health agencies
  • 2323-17*Population-based prevention research
    2424-11Medical evaluation and followup
    2525-5*Human papillomavirus infection
    2525-8*Heterosexually transmitted HIV infection in women
    (still developmental, but realigned to FA 13 as 13-18)
    2626-5Alcohol-related hospital emergency department visits
    2626-19*Treatment in correctional institutions
    2626-22*Hospital emergency department referrals
    2626-23Community partnerships and coalitions
    2727-13*Smoke-free indoor air laws
  • 27-13g. Tribes
  • 27-13h. Territories
  • 2727-18*Tobacco control programs
  • 27-18b. Territories
  • 27-18c. Tribes
  • 2828-13*<u>Hearing aids, cochlear implants, and assistive devices</u> <strike>Rehabilitation </strike>for hearing <u>loss </u><strike>impairment</strike>
  • 28-13c. Adults aged 70 years and older with hearing loss who have ever used a hearing aid
  • 28-13d. Adults aged 70 years and older with hearing loss who use assistive listening devices
  • 2828-14*Hearing examination
  • 28-14c. Adolescents aged 12 to 19 years who have had a hearing examination in the past 5 years
  • 2828-16*Hearing protection
  • 28-16b. Adolescents aged 12 to 19 years who have ever used hearing protection devices (ear plugs, ear muffs) when exposed to loud sounds or noise



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