Leading Health Indicator 1 (continued)
Objectives Selected to Measure This Indicator
| Florida Objectives |
Healthy People 2010 Similar Objective
(27
, 35) |
FL 1-1 a Increase the proportion of women of child
bearing age, children, youth and young adults in Florida with health
insurance
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Target: 100 percent
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Baseline: Women 19 to 64 – 80.9 percent in 2000-01;
Children less than 18 = 83 percent in 2000-01; Youth 18 –24 = 72.88
percent in 1999
Data Source:
Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured; US
Census, Current Population Surveys; 1999 Florida Health Insurance
Survey
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HP 1-1 a Increase the proportion of persons with
health insurance.(27, p.1-14)
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Target: 100 percent
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Baseline: 83 percent of persons under age 65 (age
adjusted to 2000 population) 1997
Data Source:
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS
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FL 7-4 Improve the nurse-to-student ratio in
Florida's elementary, middle, junior high, and senior high schools to at
least 1:750
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Target: 1:1500 for Basic School Health Services (Basic)
and 1:750 for Comprehensive School Health Services Projects (CSHSP);
1:225 for CSHCN
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Baseline: 1:3,076 (2000-01) for Basic; 1:1,604 for
CSHSP
Data Source: Florida County Health Department Annual Reports,
Client Information System and Public Health Information Data
System
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HP 7-4 Increase the proportion of the Nation's
elementary, middle, junior high, and senior high schools that have a
nurse-to-student ratio of at least
1:750(27, p. 7-17)
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Target: 50 percent
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Baseline: 7-4a = 28 percent for all middle, junior and
senior high schools; 7-4b = 26 percent for Senior High Schools; 32
percent for Middle and junior high schools, (Developmental) for
elementary schools (1994)
Data Source:
School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS), CDC, NCCDPHP. Data
for elementary schools are developmental
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FL 21-12 Increase the proportion of low-income
children and adolescents who received any preventive dental service during
the past year
Objective: Percent 0 to 18 year olds below 200% of poverty with access to
dental health services through publicly funded and volunteer programs
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Target: 57 percent
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Baseline: 17.3 percent of children aged 0 to 18 years in 2000
had access to dental health
Data Source:
Florida Department of Health Bureau of Dental Services and Florida
Agency for Health Care Administration, Kid Care Evaluation
Note: This indicator will be revised when better data is available on the
prevalence of low income children without dental care
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HP 21-12 Increase the proportion of low-income
children and adolescents who received any preventive dental service during
the past year
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Target: 57 percent
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Baseline: 20 percent of children and adolescents under
age 19 years at or below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level
received any preventive dental service in 1996
Data Source:
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), AHRQ
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FL 21-8 Increase the proportion of children
who have received dental sealants on their molar teeth
Objective: Percent of eight year old Medicaid enrolled children who have
received protective sealants on at least one molar tooth
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Target: 50 percent
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Baseline: 40.5 percent in Florida fiscal year FY 1999
Data Source:
Florida Title V Block Grant, Florida Agency for Health Care
Administration, Medicaid Unit and Florida
Note: This indicator is used as a proxy until an indicator of
prevalence can be developed.
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HP 21-8 Increase the proportion of children
who have received dental sealants on their molar teeth
Objective Increase in Children Receiving Dental Sealants on Their Molar
Teeth
| Percent |
1988-94 Baseline |
2010 Target |
| 21-8a Children aged 8 years |
23 |
50 |
| 21-8b Adolescents aged 14 years |
15 |
50 |
Data Source:
Same as above
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Four objectives were selected to measure progress in the leading indicator
Access to Quality Health Services for Children and Youth in Florida. A
related medical home objective can be found in the leading indicator Well
Child Check-up. More objectives can be found in Focus Area 1.
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