Healthy Vermonters 2000 Report Card
Goal Met
- Develop statewide violence prevention group
- Enact clean indoor air act
- Improve hospital protocols
- Increase flu shots (adults 65+)
- Increase mammograms (women 50+)
- Increase Pap tests (women 18+)
- Increase physician counseling - cancer screening
- Increase recycling
- Increase safe drinking water
- Increase schools teaching conflict resolution
- Reduce alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths
- Reduce child abuse
- Reduce head injuries
- Reduce infant mortality
- Reduce lead poisoning
- Reduce spinal cord injuries
Baseline Data from one-time survey
- Physician counseling - alcohol/drugs
- Physician counseling - blood pressure
- Physician counseling - HIV/STDs
- Physician counseling - immunizations
- Physician counseling - smoking
- Physician counseling/referral - STDs
- Reduce college binge drinking
Progress Made
- Increase servings of fruits, vegetables & legumes
- Increase action to control overweight
- Increase early prenatal care
- Increase exercise (adults 18+)
- Increase immunization
- Expand immunization laws
- Increase mammograms (women 40+)
- Increase radon testing
- Increase safety belt use
- Increase schools teaching HIV prevention
- Increase schools teaching STD prevention
- Increase youth condom use
- Reduce binge drinking (HS seniors)
- Reduce heart disease deaths
- Reduce residential fire deaths
- Reduce stroke deaths
- Reduce suicide
- Reduce worker injuries
- Reduce youth alcohol use
- Reduce youth smoking
Data Not Available
- Control high blood pressure
- Increase servings of grains
- Increase Hepatitis B immunization
- Increase injection drug prevention
- Increase injection drug treatment
- Increase primary care for kids
- Increase worksite alcohol policies
- Increase worksite health policies
- Increase worksite seat belt mandates
No Progress Made
- Reduce adult overweight
- Reduce adult smoking
- Reduce low birth weight
- Reduce smoking during pregnancy
- Reduce youth cocaine use
- Reduce youth marijuana use
References: Implementing Strategies, Managing and Sustaining the Process and Measuring Progress
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