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MAY 2008
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Links to proven best practices for community health improvement are provided so that we may work toward solutions to Miami-Dade County's top ten most pressing concerns regarding health.

1. Uninsured
Goal: decrease the rate of persons under 65 who are uninsured/without health insurance

2. Chronic Diseases
Goal: decrease 1) hospital admission rates and 2) long-term complication rates for people with chronic conditions, e.g., asthma, diabetes

ASTHMA

DIABETES

3. Preventable Hospitalizations
Goal: decrease preventable hospital admission rates, e.g. hypertension

HYPERTENSION

4. HIV/AIDS
Goal: decrease newly reported HIV case rate

5. Maternal and Child Health
Goal: decrease rate of low birth weight babies

6. Physical Activity and Nutrition
Goal: decrease rate of adults with no physical activity in past month, and decrease rate of adults who consumed less than 5 fruits and vegetables per day

7. Cancer Screening
Goals:  1) increase rate of women age 18+ who had a pap test in the past 3 years; 2) increase the rate of women 40+ who had a mammogram in the past 2 years; and 3) increase the rate of men 50+ who have ever had a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy

PAP TESTS AND MAMMOGRAMS

SIGMOIDOSCOPY/COLONOSCOPY

8. Health and Safety
Goals: decrease 1) the motor vehicle traffic crash death rate and 2) the falls death rate

9. Dental Health
Goal: increase the rate of residents who visited a Dentist or dental clinic in the past year

10. Elder Access to Care
Goal: increase the rate of adults 65+ who had a flu shot in the past year

Related Links:
Miami-Dade County Community Health Report Card: Full Report
Miami-Dade County Living Healthy, Living Longer Survey: Full Report


 
 
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Click here to view the 2007 Miami-Dade County Community Health Report Card