Evidence-Based Practices for
Healthiest Wisconsin 2010

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This page provides access to information about evidence-based practices for achieving objectives of the Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 health priority "Social and Economic Factors that Influence Health." Below you will see the objectives in the implementation plan for this health priority.

Select an objective to see summary results of research on the effectiveness of various public health strategies (interventions) to achieve the objective. Note that for some objectives, no link is provided because a research summary has not yet been completed.

1. Improving Income Levels of Wisconsin Households:  By 2010, at least 70 percent  of Wisconsin households will have annual income at or above 300 percent of the federal poverty level.
   
   
2. Social Connectedness and Cultural Competence: Between 2000 and 2010 increase the level of:
   
   
   1. Social connectedness of individuals within communities, and
      
      
   2. Cultural competence in health care services settings.
      
      
3. Literacy and Educational Attainment:
   
   
   1. Between 2000 and 2010, attain a literacy rate in Wisconsin of 91 percent.
      
      
   2. Between 2000 and 2010, attain an overall high school graduation rate for Wisconsin students of 95 percent.
      
      
   3. Between 2000 and 2010, eliminate racial disparities in high school graduation rates for Wisconsin students.
      
      
4. Child Care:
   
   
   1. By 2010, no Wisconsin family will pay more than 20 percent of their income for day-care expenses.
      
      
   2. By 2010, no more than 5 percent of families at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) will have out-of-pocket expenses for day care.

Last Revised: July 26, 2007