Measures 1.0 | Public Health Activities and Services Tracking (PHAST)

All Measures:

CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION (Click each name below to view measures for that bundle)
Tobacco Prevention & Control M15 Smoking restriction policy exposure (community) Read More↓ Proportion of the population that resides in areas covered by policies that prohibit smoking in workplaces and other public areas during the past 12 months. M134 Agency involvement in tobacco prevention, control and cessation (agency) Read More↓ During the past 12 months, which of the following activities did your LHD help to perform related to tobacco prevention, control and cessation? 1. Educational Materials 2. Educational Media 3. Cultural/Linguistic Specific Materials 4. Cultural/Linguistic Specific Programs 5. Educational/Training Programs 6. Community Development (i.e. coalitions) 7. Policy Development 8. Tobacco Cessation Programs 9. Policy implementation and enforcement 10.Adult tobacco use surveillance (e.g. BRFSS) 11.Youth tobacco use surveillance (e.g. YRBS). (assessment activities newly added) M16 Smoking restriction policy compliance and enforcement (community) Read More↓ 1. Number of reported cases of clean indoor air policy violations in the community during the past 12 months; 2. Number of compliance inspections/investigations conducted during the past 12 months; 3. Number of citations/fines issued for violations.
Obesity Prevention M11 Combined physical activity intervention availability (community) Read More↓ Which of the following community-wide physical activity interventions have been underway within your jurisdiction during the past 12 months? 1. Community wide health education campaigns (e.g. large-scale, highly visible, messages directed to large audiences through media such as television, radio, and newspapers typically combined with other approaches including support or self-help groups, community events, or risk factor screenings.) 2. Community-wide stair use campaigns (e.g. motivational signs placed by elevators/escalators to encourage people to use nearby stairs for health/weight loss). 3. School-based PE programs (e.g. programs to increase amount of time students spend in PE classes which enhance the length or activity level of students and health education). 4. Social support interventions in community (e.g. focus on changing physical activity behavior through creating, strengthening and maintaining social networks that provide supportive relationships for behavior change). 5. Individually adapted health behavior change programs (e.g. teaching goal setting/selfmonitoring of progress, structured problem solving & relapse prevention). 6. Initiatives to create or enhance access to places for physical activity combined with informational outreach activities e.g. ( built environmentwalking trails, biking trails, exercise facilities within worksites/coalitions, agencies). 7. Community-level urban design initiatives (e.g. developments to increase the % of residents living within walking distance of shopping, work, & school, improved connectivity of streets and sidewalks, preserve or create green-space & improve aesthetic qualities of the environment). M114 Agency involvement in physical activity promotion (agency) Read More↓ Was your LHD involved in an initiative to increase access to free or low cost recreational opportunities for physical activity (like working to develop policies to increase access to public facilities for physical activity, increasing worksites that have policies that enhance physical activity) in the last 12 months? 1. Community wide health education campaigns (e.g. large-scale, highly visible, messages directed to large audiences through media such as television, radio, and newspapers typically combined with other approaches including support or self-help groups, community events, or risk factor screenings.) 2. Community-wide stair use campaigns (e.g. motivational signs placed by elevators/escalators to encourage people to use nearby stairs for health/weight loss). 3. School-based PE programs (e.g. programs to increase amount of time students spend in PE classes which enhance the length or activity level of students and health education). 4. Social support interventions in community (e.g. focus on changing physical activity behavior through creating, strengthening and maintaining social networks that provide supportive relationships for behavior change). 5. Individually adapted health behavior change programs (e.g. teaching goal setting/selfmonitoring of progress, structured problem solving & relapse prevention). 6. Initiatives to create or enhance access to places for physical activity combined with informational outreach activities e.g. ( built environmentwalking trails, biking trails, exercise facilities within worksites/coalitions, agencies). 7. Community-level urban design initiatives (e.g. developments to increase the % of residents living within walking distance of shopping, work, & school, improved connectivity of streets and sidewalks, preserve or create green-space & improve aesthetic qualities of the environment). M13 Agency funding for physical activity promotion (agency) Read More↓ How much funding did your department allocate for physical activity promotion during the most recently completed fiscal year? M75 Agency involvement in increasing access to healthy foods (agency) Read More↓ Was your LHD involved in an initiative to increase access to healthy foods in the community in the past 12 months? M78 FTE personnel dedicated to increasing access to healthy foods (agency). Read More↓ Number of LHD FTE personnel dedicated to increasing access to healthy foods during the past 12 months.
Oral Health M109 Oral health screening (agency) Read More↓ Number of individuals who were screened by the LHD for dental/oral health conditions during the past 12 months M110 Oral health prevention and promotion (agency) Read More↓ Which of the following oral health prevention and promotion activities have been provided by your LHD over the past 12 months: 1. Educational Materials 2. Educational Media 3. Cultural/Linguistic Specific Materials 4. Cultural/Linguistic Specific Programs 5. Educational/Training Programs 6. Community Development (i.e. coalitions) 7. Policy Development 8. Provision of preventive dental services 9. Oral Health Screening

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL (Click each name below to view measures for that bundle)
Immunization M153 Childhood immunization completeness (community) Read More↓ Proportion of children vaccinated with complete series as required by state law upon entry into kindergarten for the most recent school year. M154 Childhood immunizations administered by agency (agency) Read More↓ Number of immunizations administered by the LHD to children 0-5 years, and children 6-18 years, during the past 12 months. [Age-specific population estimates will be used to construct per capita volume measures] M201 Confirmed vaccine-preventable disease cases (community) Read More↓ Number of confirmed vaccine-preventable disease cases in the past 12 months (cases of rubella, measles, congenital rubella, mumps, tetanus), by vaccination status if possible. [Population estimates will be used to construct case rate measure].
Enteric Disease M167 Foodborne/Waterborne reported case volume (community) Read More↓ Number of reported cases of enteric disease in the past 12 months. A case indicates that the patient resides in the agency’s jurisdiction and the reported case was first received by the agency during the 12 month period. Foodborne / Waterborne Diseases = sum of all reported cases of the following: E. coli, shiga toxin producing strains only; Salmonellosis; Campylobacteriosis; Shigellosis; Ciguatera; Paralytic shellfish poisoning; Scombroid mushroom poisoning; Botulism. [Population estimates will be used to construct case rate measure]. M165 Foodborne/Waterborne confirmed case volume (community) Read More↓ Number of confirmed cases of enteric disease in the past 12 months. A case indicates that the patient resides in the agency’s jurisdiction and the reported case was confirmed by the agency during the 12 month period. Foodborne / Waterborne Diseases = sum of all reported cases of the following: E. coli, shiga toxin producing strains only; Salmonellosis; Campylobacteriosis; Shigellosis; Ciguatera; Paralytic shellfish poisoning; Scombroid mushroom poisoning; Botulism based on CDC case classification guidelines for each disease. [Population estimates will be used to construct case rate measure]. M162 Foodborne enteric investigation volume (agency) Read More↓ Number of investigations of reported foodborne/enteric disease cases conducted by LHD during the past 12 months. [Measure #167 will be used as denominator to construct investiation rate measure]. M164 Foodborne enteric investigation completion time (agency) Read More↓ Average time from receipt of reported case of enteric disease to completion of case investigation, for all cases received in past 12 months.
Sexually Transmitted Infections M184 STI cases confirmed (community) Read More↓ Number of confirmed sexually transmitted disease cases, by type if possible (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV). [Population estimates will be used to construct case rate measures]. M181 STI contact tracing (agency) Read More↓ Number of STI contacts followed by the LHD in the past 12 months, by type if possible (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV). [Volume measure from #184 will be used to construct a measure of the case tracing rate.] M204 STI staffing level (agency) Read More↓ Current FTE staffing level for disease intervention specialists (DIS) at the LHD: individuals employed by a local public health authority who are trained to provide components of STI case management and control services, including client interviewing, partner notification and referral, untreated patient referral, education activities and consultation for individuals diagnosed with an STI.
Tuberculosis Control M195 TB case volume (community) Read More↓ Number of reported tuberculosis cases in the past 12 months. [Population estimates will be used to construct case rate measures]. M196 TB active contact screening (agency) Read More↓ Number of unduplicated clients that were provided active TB contact screening services by the LHD during the past 12 months. [Volume measure #195 will be used to construct contact screening rate] M193 TB therapy (agency) Read More↓ Percentage of TB cases that were placed on directly observed therapy in the past 12 months. M199 TB contacts who completed treatment for latent TB (agency) Read More↓ Percentage of contacts with newly-diagnosed latent TB infection who (1) started and (2) completed treatment in the past 12 months.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROTECTION (Click each name below to view measures for that bundle)
Lead Protection M219 Elevated blood lead level rate (community) Read More↓ Number of cases of elevated blood lead in children ages 0-6 years identified in the past 12 months, per 1000 children age 0-6 years. Specify blood lead level threshold used to define elevated blood lead level. [Population estimates will be used to construct case rate measure]. M220 Elevated blood lead level investigation (agency) Read More↓ Number of cases of elevated blood lead (EBL) in children age 0-6 years investigated by the LHD in the past 12 months (to be expressed as a proportion of measure #219). [Measure #219 will be used to construct a measure of the investigation rate]
Food Protection M236a Food safety inspection reach (community) Read More↓ Number of (a) food service establishments inspected for food safety during the past 12 months, as a percentage of (b) the total number of food service establishments required to be inspected under state and/or local law. M236b Food safety inspection volume (community) Read More↓ Number of inspections of food service establishments conducted during the past 12 months. M233 Food safety field staffing ratio (community) Read More↓ Number of FTE personnel devoted to retail food safety inspection, protection and control activities per 100 retail food services establishments during the past 12 months. “Inspections for purposes of this calculation include routine inspection, re-inspection, complaint investigations, outbreak investigations, complieance follow-up inspections, risk assessment reviews, process reviews, variance process reviews and other direct establishment contact time such as on-site training." (Source: FDA Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Standard #8))
Water Protection M272a Public water system reach (community) Read More↓ Percentage of the population served by public water systems during the past 12 months. M273 Public water system inspection volume (community) Read More↓ Number of drinking water samples from public water systems submitted and evaluated for public health protection in the past 12 months M272b Exposure to public water system contamination (community) Read More↓ Percentage of population being served by public water systems with no maximum contamination level violations during the past 12 months.