This is the Data Profile for Kent County, Michigan. The indicators are color coded to show the health status for Kent County or the Grand Rapids-Wyoming metropolitan area compared to Michigan and the United States. Eighteen indicators represent data for the Grand Rapids-Wyoming metropolitan area and not Kent County and include: diabetes, obesity, overweight, asthma, depression, poor mental health, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, dental care, disability, arthritis, physical activity, tobacco use, binge drinking, fruit consumption, vegetable consumption, health care costs and homeownership. Rate years and data sources can be viewed by clicking the (i)nfo icon below each rate. To navigate through this Data Profile, click the tabs above (Summary, Health Outcomes, Health Behaviors, etc.). The table on the right provides the coding logic. Click any indicator to view its data.Â
General Recommendations
www.cdc.gov/asthma/
Policy Recommendations
www.policylink.org/sites/default/files/FIGHTINGCHILDHOODASTHMA_FINAL.PDF
Program Recommendations
www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/binge-drinking.htm
Policy Recommendation
www.thecommunityguide.org/alcohol/increasingtaxes.html
Program Recommendation
www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/
www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/
www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/
www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/childmaltreatment/
www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/dental/art-20045536
www.marshfieldclinic.org/specialties/dental-care/dental-why-important
www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/basics/mental-illness/depression.htm
ndep.nih.gov/i-have-diabetes/manageyourdiabetes.aspx
www.cdc.gov/diabetes/home/index.html
www.thecommunityguide.org/diabetes/combineddietandpa.html
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/healthyliving.html
blog.metrotrends.org/2013/05/ways-reduce-crime/
www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HighBloodPressure/WhyBloodPressureMatters/Assess-Your-High-Blood-Pressure-Related-Risks_UCM_301829_Article.jsp
www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/
www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HighBloodPressure/AboutHighBloodPressure/About-High-Blood-Pressure_UCM_002050_Article.jsp#.Vly6tumLGAY
www.ghc.org/all-sites/guidelines/hypertension.pdf
www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/
www.nursingtimes.net/the-importance-of-blood-pressure-control/199429.fullarticle
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/digestive_weight_loss_center/conditions/high_cholesterol.html
www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/what_you_can_do.htm
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/public/heart/chol_tlc.pdf
www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART03028/High-Cholesterol.html
www.mipcc.org/sites/mipcc.org/files/u4/ASK%20About%20triglcy%20and%20chol.pdf
www.cdc.gov/hiv/
www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/449-school-condom-availability
See: www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/2094 for 36sexual education programs (school-, community-, and clinic-based) that have been proven to be effective.
Also see: www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/oah-initiatives/teen_pregnancy/db/tpp-searchable.htm for an additional list of evidence-based sexual health and education programs.
www.thecommunityguide.org/hiv/riskreduction.html
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/default.htm
Non-monetary incentive examples include: baby/child products (e.g. diapers, formula) and food vouchers.
www.thecommunityguide.org/vaccines/incentiveRewards.html
www.thecommunityguilde.org/vaccines/homevisits.html
www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/infantmortality.htm
www.cdc.gov/injury/
www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/DNPAO/
www.cdc.gov/obesity/
www.thecommunityguide.org/obesity/behavioral.html
www.thecommunityguide.org/obesity/workprograms.html
paprn.wustl.edu/research-and-findings/Documents/ATSbrief.pdf
www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/
Recommended Policies:
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/prostate-cancer/in-depth/prostate-cancer-prevention/art-20045641
www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/moreinformation/prostatecancerearlydetection/prostate-cancer-early-detection-acs-recommendations
www.cdc.gov/cancer/prostate/
www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/
www.cdc.gov/tobacco/