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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).


Tobacco Use: Tobacco use remains the single most preventable cause of disease and death in the United States today. An estimated 443,000 deaths resulted from cigarette smoking each year - about one-fifth of all deaths in this country. In addition, 8.6 million Americans have a serious illness caused by smoking. Secondhand smoke is responsible for an estimated 49,000 deaths among nonsmokers in the United States annually due to lung cancer, cardiovascular diseases and other causes.

In Nebraska each year, more than 2,200 adults die prematurely because of cigarette smoking. The economic costs of smoking are also substantial. Using 2004 Nebraska data, these costs were estimated using Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity and Economic Costs statistical software from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Smoking-related costs of medical care were estimated at $591 million annually in Nebraska, while the annual cost of smoking-related lost productivity in the state was estimated at an additional $500 million.

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 of 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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Scorecard Container Measure Action Actual Value Target Value Tag S A m/d/yy m/d/yyyy