education related to exercise.

education related to exercise.

PA-11.1 – Increase the proportion of office visits made by patients with a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or hyperlipidemia that include counseling or education related to exercise.

I selected this objective because I feel it’s important for this to be addressed in all physician office visits but most importantly to those that are diagnosed with illnesses that can be prevented or positively impacted by increased and improved physical activity. It would make a significant difference if physical activity education and opportunities for guided exercise were provided and encouraged. According to the objective data, for 2007, only 13% of office visits included counseling or ecercise education. The goal for 2020 is for a 10% increase to at least 14.3%.

The data showing the disparities between ethnicities showed that in 2007, only 11.5% of Black or African Americans were educated on exercise with an increase to 16.3% by 2010. This is an approximately 42% increase for this demographic.

2. The first objective I selected to review is PA-8.2.1Increase the proportion of children aged 2 to 5 years who view television, videos, or play video games for no more than 2 hours a day. The reason I selected this objective is mainly that my youngest is 2 years old and my son is 5 years old. The baseline for PA-8.2.1 is 75.6 percent of children age 2 to 5 years viewed television, videos, or played video games for no more than 2 hours a day in 2005–08. The target percentage set for PA-8.2.1 is 83.2 percent with a target-setting method of 10 percent improvement. From 2005 to 2008 females (76.7%) had a higher percentage compared to males (74.4%) who viewed television, videos, or play video games for no more than 2 hours a day. Black or African American had a lower percentage at (57.6%) of children who viewed television, videos or play video games for no more than 2 hours a day. Compared to white only, non-Hispanic or Latino with a higher percent of 83.7 percent of children ages 2 to 5 years old who viewed television, videos, or play video games for no more than 2 hours a day.

The second objective I selected was PA-14.2 Increase the proportion of trips of 2 miles or less made to the school by bicycling by children and adolescents aged 5 to 15 years. The reason why I selected this objective due to my oldest is in this age group. The baseline for the objective is 1.4 percent of trips of 2 miles or less were made by bicycling to school by children and adolescents aged 5 to 15 years in 2009 and the target is 3.4 percent with a target-setting method of 2 percent point improvement. In 2009 1.5 percent of males between 5 to 15 years of age bicycled to school with trips of 2 miles or less. In addition, 1.7 percent of whites only, biked to school and 1.6 non-Hispanic or Latinos also biked to school. Based on age group 1.3 percent of 5-11 years biked to school with a trip distance of 2 miles or less and 1.6 percent of 12-15 years. Database on National Household Travel Survey 2009.

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