College Health Objectives Submitted for Healthy People 2010

Send your comments for adding, changing or revising objectives; sources of data; baseline data; or targets to the Task Force at collhlth2010@csupomona.edu. Although the comments had to be in by December 15, 1998, there are opportunities to help DHHS fine tune the next draft.

Goal 1 - Increase Quality and Years of Healthy Life

Objective Goal 1-6 - People with good, very good, or excellent health

Data Source
· 1995 National College Health Risk Behavior Survey (NCHRBS) -
· ACHA -
· Other - Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (BRFS)
Baseline - for Select Population "Homemaker, student, other"
86.5% men 18-64 and 87.5% for women 18-64 years
Proxy data: 75.9% of 817 Cal Poly Pomona students in 1995-1996.
Recommendation: re-write to include students in higher education as a select population.

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Objective Goal 1-7 - Healthy Days
Data Source
· 1995 National College Health Risk Behavior Survey (NCHRBS) -
· ACHA -
· Other - Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (BRFS)
Baseline - for Select Population "Homemaker, student, other"
25.2 days men 18-64 & 24.0 days in past 30 for women 18-64 years for
Target: >/=26 days in past 30
Recommendation: re-write to include students in higher education as a select population.

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Objective Goal 1-8 - Ability Days
Data Source
· 1995 National College Health Risk Behavior Survey (NCHRBS) -
· ACHA -
· Other - Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (BRFS)
Baseline - for Select Population "Homemaker, student, other"
28.3 days men 18-64 & 28.5 days in past 30 for women 18-64 years for
Target: >/=26 days in past 30
Recommendation: re-write to include students in higher education as a select population.

Send your comments for adding, changing or revising objectives; sources of data; baseline data; or targets to the Task Force at collhlth2010@csupomona.edu. Although the comments had to be in by December 15, 1998, there are opportunities to help DHHS fine tune the next draft.

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December 4, 1998 by Jim Grizzell, jvgrizzell@csupomona.edu