The Greater Cincinnati Community Health Status Survey
The Greater Cincinnati Community Health Status Survey (GCCHSS) gives an in-depth look at the self-reported health of tri-state residents. Through comparisons, the 2010 GCCHSS shows how the tri-state area stacks up to the rest of the country and how our health is changing over time. The results give organizations and agencies, policy makers, and residents the local data they need as they work to improve the overall health of the Greater Cincinnati area.
The GCCHSS is a project of The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati and is conducted by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati. For more information, please visit our web site at www.healthfoundation.org/gcchss.html. For the completesurvey dataset, which will be available in Spring 2011, visit www.oasisdataarchive.org.
Topics include: Access to Care, Community SUpport, Chronic Conditions, Health Insurance, Obesity, Oral Health Physial Activity, and Substance Abuse
Access to Care Show me »
A medical home is a routine place to go for medical care. It can be a doctor's office, health center, clinic, or other place where a person usually goes when they are sick or have a medical question. People who do not have a medical home are less likely to seek appropriate and timely healthcare when they need it. In 2010, 84% of Greater Cincinnati adults reported they had a medical home. This has stayed relatively stable since 1999. However, the region did not reach the Healthy People 2010 goal of 96% of adults having a medical home.
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How people feel about their community—if they can depend on others, if they feel safe, if it is a good place to raise children—can be a protective factor of their health status. People who feel more positively about their community receive health-related information faster, are more likely to adopt healthy behaviors, and exert social control over health-related behaviors1. We asked Greater Cincinnatians six questions to see how positively they feel about their community. In general, Greater Cincinnatians feel very positively about their community. People in the region felt slightly more positively about their communities in 2002 than they did in 1999 or 2005.
About 6 in 10 Greater Cincinnati adults (64%) have ever been told by a doctor or other healthcare provider that they have a chronic condition such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, depression, severe allergies, asthma, or another condition. Health Insurance Show me
Having health insurance is a main factor in whether someone seeks appropriate healthcare in a timely manner. Those without insurance are less likely to get care when they need it. The Greater Cincinnati Community Health Status Survey collects information about insurance status through two questions. The first asks whether a person currently has health insurance. The second asks whether the person has been without health insurance at any time during the past 12 months, which is an indication of how stable his or her insurance is. These questions provide a more complete regional picture of insurance-related barriers to healthcare. Mental Health Status Show me
Topics include: Depression; Healthy Days - Mental; SF-12 Mental Health Summary Scale Obesity Show me
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity is a major risk factor for certain types of cancer and preventable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Besides the negative health outcomes, being obese is costly to the public health system, especially Medicare and Medicaid. Researchers estimated that in 2000, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio spent a total of over $3 billion dollars onhealth costs related to obesity. Oral Health Show me
About 3 in 4 Greater Cincinnati adults (74%) report that their mouth and teeth are in very good or good condition, according to the 2010 Greater Cincinnati Community Health Status Survey. This has dropped slightly since 2002, when 79% of adults reported very good or good oral health. Physical Activity Show me
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), physical inactivity and unhealthy eating contribute to obesity and several chronic diseases. Physical activity reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes and its complications, as well as the risk of heart disease, colon cancer, and stroke. The CDC's recommended guidelines for physical activity are at least 30 minutes, 5 days per week of moderate activity, or at least 20 minutes, 3 days perweek of vigorous activity. In Greater Cincinnati, just under half of adults (47%) meet these requirements, compared to 51% in the nation.3 These rates are consistent with rates from 2005. Substance Use Show me
Measures of Substance Use include Current Smokers, Binge Drinking, Prescription Pain Killer Use, Over-the-Counter Drug Use, and Drinking & Driving