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Nebraskans are physically active

Why Is This Important?

Desired intermediate outcome measures consist of measures that are likely to be impacted by the implementation of the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) but the impact may not be visible until after the implementation period of the plan and the ability to link changes in these measures to SHIP implementation period of the plan and the ability to link changes in these measures to SHIP implementation activities is somewhat limited. As a result, these measures will be monitored but not tracked as performance measures; however, these measures will likely be impacted before the long-term measures and will be more directly impacted by SHIP activities. These measures relate to health behaviors under 'Goal 1 Improve Health Outcomes' (e.g., cancer screenings, blood pressure screening, nutrition, tobacco use, physical activity) and public health system issues under 'Goal 2 Enhance the Public Health System in Nebraska' (e.g., success in meting public health essential service standards).


Physical Activity: Regular physical activity can help to control body weight and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers. According to the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines of Americans, adults aged 18-64 years should engage in muscle-strengthening activities on two or more days, plus 150 minutes per week of moderate physical activity or 75 minutes per week of vigorous physical activity per week or an equivalent combination of moderate and vigorous activity.

In Nebraska, the proportion of adults participating in recommended amount of physical activity using the old pre-2008 guidelines (moderate activity for 30 or more minutes per day on five or more days per week or vigorous activity for 20 or more minutes on three or more days per week) increase substantially between 2001 (34.1%) and 2009 (51.1%), according to the Nebraska Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The pre-2008 guidelines were used in this report since the majority of years being reported fell under these guidelines. In 2009, prevalence of this level of physical activity was nearly identical in the U.S. (51.0%) and Nebraska.

Measures

Time
Period
Current Actual Value
Current Target Value
Current
Trend
Baseline
% Change
Definition

This scorecard is created to track performance, therefore the demonstration of data (numerical and narrative) describes what we define as success. In some instances, a trend may be moving in the wrong direction, but still may be within our 'Target for Success' area. The use of Color Arrows (and sometimes also Color Bands) help to define the Target for Success and Current Progress.

Green, Black and Red color arrows are used to reflect our 'Current Progress' status.

  • GREEN Arrow = We're getting better!
  • BLACK Arrow = We're maintaining our position.
  • RED Arrow = We're going in the wrong direction.

Green, Yellow or Red color bands are used to reflect our 'Target for Success' zones.

  • GREEN Color Band = We've reached our Target for Success!
  • YELLOW Color Band = We're making progress, but not quite there yet.
  • RED Color Band = We're below our Target for Success.

Data is described with the Time Period, Actual Value, Target Value, Current Trend and Baseline Change %. These mean:

  • Time Period - The most current time period for which the data were available.
  • Actual Value - The actual level of achievement, the most current data point for the indicator, also shown in a Color Band to reflect if that value is or is not within our Target for Success zone.
  • Target Value - The desired level of achievement for the data indicator.
  • Current Trend - The direction of progress is shown by a Color Arrow to reflect our Current Progress status, and also noting for how many data points the direction been occurring.
  • Baseline Change % - The percentage of change between the baseline data point and the current data point (actual value); also shown with a Color Arrow to describe Current Progress status

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