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What are the 23 leading health indicators?

The Leading Health Indicators are a select subset of 26 Healthy People 2020 objectives across 12 topics: Access to Health Services. Clinical Preventive Services. Environmental Quality. Maternal Infant and Child Health. Mental Health. Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. Oral Health. Reproductive and Sexual Health. More items...

cdc.gov - Healthy People - HP2020 - Leading Health Indicators at a Glance

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The Leading Health Indicators are a select subset of 26 Healthy People 2020 objectives across 12 topics:

Access to Health ServicesExternal

Persons with medical insurance (AHS-1.1)

Persons with a usual primary care provider (AHS-3)

Clinical Preventive ServicesExternal

Persons with diagnosed diabetes whose A1c value is greater than 9% (D-5.1)

Children receiving the recommended doses of DTaP, polio, MMR, Hib, HepB, varicella and PCV vaccines by age 19–35 months (IID-8)

Environmental QualityExternal

Air Quality Index >100 (EH-1)

Children exposed to secondhand smoke (TU-11.1)

Injury and Violence

Injury deaths (IVP-1.1)

Homicides (IVP-29)

Maternal Infant and Child HealthExternal

All Infant deaths (MICH-1.3)

Total preterm live births (MICH-9.1)

Mental HealthExternal

Suicide (MHMD-1)

Nutrition, Physical Activity, and ObesityExternal

Obesity among adults (NWS-9)

Obesity among children and adolescents (NWS-10.4)

Mean daily intake of total vegetables (NWS-15.1)

Oral HealthExternal

Children, adolescents, and adults who visited the dentist in the past year (OH-7)

Reproductive and Sexual HealthExternal

Sexually active females receiving reproductive health services (FP-7.1)

Knowledge of serostatus among HIV-positive persons (HIV-13)

Social DeterminantsExternal

Students graduating from high school 4 years after starting 9th grade (AH-5.1)

Substance AbuseExternal

TobaccoExternal

These objectives were chosen to communicate high-priority health issues and challenges. They address determinants of health that promote quality of life, healthy behaviors, and healthy development across all life stages. The indicators are used to assess the health of the country, facilitate collaboration across sectors, and motivate action to improve health at the national, state, and community levels. The Leading Health Indicators were selected and organized using a “Health Determinants and Health Outcomes by Life Stages” conceptual framework. This approach was intended to draw attention to both individual and societal determinants that affect the public’s health and contribute to health disparities from infancy through old age, thereby highlighting strategic opportunities to promote health and improve quality of life for all Americans. The selection process was led by the Healthy People 2020 Federal Interagency Workgroup (FIW). In selecting the indicators, the FIW took into consideration recommendations from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020. For more information on the development and framework, see development and framework website.External For midcourse status and selected findings related to the Leading Health Indicators, see leading health indicator Cdc-pdf [PDF – 4 MB]. For additional background, latest data, and selected infographics data related to the Leading Health Indicators, visit the leading health indicators website.External .

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nhs.uk - Why should I avoid sexual activity before a PSA test? - NHS

You should avoid sexual activity before a PSA test because it may affect the test results.

What are PSA tests?

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protein made by a man's prostate gland (a small gland in the pelvis between the penis and bladder). PSA tests are used to measure the level of PSA in a man's blood. A raised level of PSA can be a sign of a prostate condition, such as:

enlarged prostate

infection or inflammation of the prostate (prostatitis)

prostate cancer

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