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Early Childhood Health & Well-Being
This curated dashboard includes indicators related to early childhood from Ohio Healthy Programs and Better Health Partnership's Children's Health Initiative. Select a location using the drop-down list below. Click on an indicator name or "learn more" to navigate to the Indicator Detail page where you can read more about the indicator.
Ohio Healthy Programs (OHP) is a voluntary, statewide designation for licensed early care and education (ECE) programs that focuses on creating healthy eating and activity environments for young children. The overall goal is to prevent obesity and reduce the risk of physical and mental health problems. This program offers training and technical assistance for early care and education providers on best practices in building healthy habits, menus, policies and family engagement support. The OHP indicators in this dashboard are available at the Cuyahoga County level and were provided by Early Ages Healthy Stages.
Since 2016, Better Health Partnership's scope has included improving the health and well-being of children. The indicators from their Children's Health Initiative included in this dashboard relate to asthma, blood pressure, and weight. These indicators reflect Cuyahoga County children, ages 2-5 (with the exception of blood pressure), with at least one visit to a reporting primary care provider in the Better Health Partnership in a selected measurement period. These indicators are available at the county and zip code levels, with the exception of blood pressure, which is only available at the zip code level. The healthcare organizations who contributed this data to Better Health Partnership include:
- Care Alliance Health Center
- Circle Health Services
- The MetroHealth System
- Neighborhood Family Practice
- Senders Pediatrics
- UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
Indicator Gauge Icon Legend
Legend Colors
Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.
Compared to Distribution
the value is in the best half of communities.
the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.
the value is in the worst quarter of communities.
Compared to Target
meets target; 
does not meet target.
Compared to a Single Value
lower than the comparison value;
higher than the comparison value;
not statistically different from comparison value.
Trend
non-significant change over time; 
significant change over time; 
no change over time.
Compared to Prior Value
higher than the previous measurement period;
lower than the previous measurement period;
no statistically different change from previous measurement period.
County: Cuyahoga
Source: Better Health Partnership
Value
Compared to:
County: Cuyahoga Young Children Affected by Asthma
County: Cuyahoga Young Children Affected by Asthma
9.9%
Percent of children (ages 2-5)
(2020-2021)
Compared to:
Prior Value
(12.0%)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
County: Cuyahoga Young Children Affected by Elevated Blood Pressure or Hypertension
County: Cuyahoga Young Children Affected by Elevated Blood Pressure or Hypertension
17.8%
Percent of children (ages 3-5)
(2019)
Compared to:
Prior Value
(22.3%)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
County: Cuyahoga Young Children Affected by Overweight or Obesity
County: Cuyahoga Young Children Affected by Overweight or Obesity
23.2%
Percent of children (ages 2-5)
(2020-2021)
Compared to:
Prior Value
(21.7%)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
County: Cuyahoga
Source: Early Ages Healthy Stages
Value
Compared to:
County: Cuyahoga Children Served by Designated Ohio Healthy Programs (Count)
County: Cuyahoga Children Served by Designated Ohio Healthy Programs (Count)
4,611
Children
(2021)
Compared to:
Prior Value
(4,261)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
Trend
This comparison measures the indicator’s values over multiple time periods.<br>The Mann-Kendall Test for Statistical Significance is used to evaluate the trend<br>over 4 to 10 periods of measure, subject to data availability and comparability.
County: Cuyahoga Designated Ohio Healthy Programs (Count)
County: Cuyahoga Designated Ohio Healthy Programs (Count)
73
Programs
(2021)
Compared to:
Prior Value
(63)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
Trend
This comparison measures the indicator’s values over multiple time periods.<br>The Mann-Kendall Test for Statistical Significance is used to evaluate the trend<br>over 4 to 10 periods of measure, subject to data availability and comparability.
County: Cuyahoga Families Served by Designated Ohio Healthy Programs (Count)
County: Cuyahoga Families Served by Designated Ohio Healthy Programs (Count)
2,423
Families
(2021)
Compared to:
Prior Value
(3,399)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
Trend
This comparison measures the indicator’s values over multiple time periods.<br>The Mann-Kendall Test for Statistical Significance is used to evaluate the trend<br>over 4 to 10 periods of measure, subject to data availability and comparability.
2,640
Activities
(2021)
Compared to:
Prior Value
(2,783)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
Trend
This comparison measures the indicator’s values over multiple time periods.<br>The Mann-Kendall Test for Statistical Significance is used to evaluate the trend<br>over 4 to 10 periods of measure, subject to data availability and comparability.
County: Cuyahoga Healthy Policies Adopted by Designated Ohio Healthy Programs (Count)
County: Cuyahoga Healthy Policies Adopted by Designated Ohio Healthy Programs (Count)
264
Policies
(2021)
Compared to:
Prior Value
(236)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
Trend
This comparison measures the indicator’s values over multiple time periods.<br>The Mann-Kendall Test for Statistical Significance is used to evaluate the trend<br>over 4 to 10 periods of measure, subject to data availability and comparability.
