Health
Children’s good physical and mental health is fundamental to their development, and ensuring kids are born healthy is the first step. Children and youth of color and those who face disadvantages such as inadequate family or community resources, exposure to traumatic events, or other family stress tend to experience worse health outcomes. Leaders can address these disadvantages and ensure equitable access to quality health insurance and care.
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Mental health services are any interventions—assessment, diagnosis, treatment, or counseling—offered in private, public, inpatient, or outpatient settings for the maintenance or enhancement of mental health or the treatment of mental or behavioral disorders in individual and group contexts. Mental health provider ratios are for total population, adults and children. Years included: 2022 | Source: County Health Rankings
Oral health refers to the health of the teeth, gums, and the entire oral-facial system that allows us to smile, speak, and chew. Oral health can often serve as an indicator for other chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. It’s also associated with risk behaviors such as smoking, drinking, and consuming sugary foods and beverages in excess. Years included: 2021 | Source: County Health Rankings
Vaccination is the act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease. A vaccine is a preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases. Vaccines train your body to create antibodies, just as it would if it were exposed to a disease, by introducing dead or weakened forms of a virus or bacteria. Immunization is the process through which a person becomes protected against a disease through vaccination and is often used interchangeably with vaccination. Years included: 2022, 2023 | Source: Indiana Department of Health
Preventative care is routine health care that includes screenings, check-ups, and patient counseling to prevent or manage illness, disease, or other health problems. Years included: 2020 | Source: County Health Rankings
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Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2022). Smoking, Pregnancy, and Babies.
Indiana Youth Institute Data Brief
Source: National Institute of Health (2021). Unique, long-term effects of nicotine on adolescent brain.
Indiana Youth Institute Data Brief
Indiana Youth Institute Data Brief
Indiana Youth Institute Data Brief
Indiana Youth Institute Data Brief
Source: National Institute of Health (2021). Cigarettes and other tobacco products DrugFacts.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021). Tobacco and E-Cigarettes.
Indiana Youth Institute Issue Brief
Source: U.S Department of Health and Human Services (2020). Policy Statement to support the alignment of health and early learning systems.
Source: U.S Food and Drug Administration (2020). Chemicals in Tobacco Products and your health.
Source: Indiana State Department of Health (2019). Indiana Traumatic Brain Injury State Plan.
Source: Center for disease control and prevention (2018). The Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: Opportunities for Action.
Source: University of Michigan (2017). The Long-Term Effects of Early life Medicaid Coverage.
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research (2015). Medicaid as an Investment in Children.
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research (2014). Effect of Child Health Insurance access on schooling: evidence from public insurance expansions.
Source: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (2014). Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child.
Source: National Institute of Health (2013). Maternal Smoking during pregnancy and child outcomes: Real or spurious effects?.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012). National Action Plan for Child Injury Prevention.
Source: Harvard University (2010). Foundation of Lifelong health are built in early childhood.