Glossary/Acronyms List for Healthy Kansans 2010

AA-IMR / African American Infant Mortality Rate
AAP / AmericanAcademy of Periodontology, AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics
ACS / American Cancer Society
ACT / Arthritis Community Taskforce
ADA / American Diabetes Association
Age-Adjusted Mortality Rate / An age-adjusted mortality rate is a weighted average of the age-specific mortality rates, where the weights are the proportions of persons in the corresponding age groups of a standard million population. The potential confounding result of age is reduced when comparing age-adjusted rates computed using the same standard million population. (Source:
AHA / American Heart Association, AmericanHospital Association
ALA / American Lung Association
Ambulatory-Care-Sensitive Conditions / Chronic medical problems that, when treated successfully, do not require inpatient hospitalization
APhA / American Pharmaceutical Association
ASHC / Arthritis Self Help Course
ATS / Adult Tobacco Survey
BCYF / Bureau for Children, Youth, and Families, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
BEDP / Bureau of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention, KDHE
BIMR / Black Infant Mortality Rate
Binge Drinking / Five or more alcoholic drinks on one occation
BLS / Bureau of Labor Statistics
BMI / Body Mass Index
BRFSS / Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
CDC / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CHD / Coronary Heart Disease
CHES / Center for Health and Environmental Statistics, KDHE
CKD / Chronic Kidney Disease
Comorbidities / Co-existing or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis
COPD / Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CSHCN / Children with Special Health Care Needs
CVD / Cardiovascular Disease
DO / Doctor of Osteopathy
Dual-Eligible / Persons eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare
DHHS / Department of Health and Human Services
EBL / Elevated Blood Lead
EHDI / Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
EHS / Environmental Health Services
ESRD / End-state renal (kidney) disease
Ethnic minority / Typically referring to person of Hispanic ethnicity
FARS / Fatality Analysis Reporting System
FDA / Food and Drug Administration
FIMR / Fetal and Infant Mortality Review
FPL / Federal Poverty Level
HIMR / Hispanic infant mortality rate
HIV / Human immunodeficiency virus
HP2010 / Healthy People 2010
HUD / Department of Housing and Urban Development
HPV / Human Papillomavirus
ICD / International Classification of Diseases
IMR / Infant Mortality Rate
KAFP / KansasAcademy of Family Physicians
KALHD / Kansas Association of Local Health Departments
Kansas LEAN / Kansas Leadership to Encourage Activity and Nutrition program
KAN Be Healthy / Name of federal Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program in Kansas, a program of preventive health care and well child examinations with appropriate tests and immunizations, administered through SRS
KBI / Kansas Bureau of Investigation
K-CHAMP / Kansas Child Health Assessment and Monitoring Project
KCR / Kansas Cancer Registry
KDA / Kansas Department on Aging
KDE / Kansas Department of Education
KDHE / Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KDOA / Kansas Department on Aging
KDOL / Kansas Department of Labor
KDOT / Kansas Department of Transportation
KHP / Kansas Highway Patrol
KIC / Kansas Information for Communities
KOA / Kansas Optometric Association
KPHA / KansasPublic Health Association
KPHLI / Kansas Public Health Leadership Institute
KRHA / Kansas Restaurant and Hospitality Association
KSNA / KansasState Nurses Association
KSU / KansasStateUniversity
KUMC / KansasUniversityMedicalCenter
LaLeche League / An organization dedicated to helping and encourages mothers to breastfeed.
LBW / Low Birth Weight, infant born at less than 2,500 grams (5 lbs, 8 oz.)
LHD / Local Health Department
MCH / Maternal Child Health
M&I / Maternal and Infant
Micropolitan / A town or city that serves as aregional center for employment, shopping, recreational activities, etc. that is not as large as a metropolitan city
MMR / Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (vaccine)
NCHS / NationalCenter for Health Statistics
NCI / National Cancer Institute
NHANES / National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHES / National Health Examination Survey
NHS / Newborn hearing screening
NHTSA / National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NIOSH / National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIS / National Immunization Survey
NIH / Nation Institute of Health
NKF / National Kidney Foundation
NPHPS / National Public Health Performance Standards
Obese / Body mass index greater of 30.0 or greater
OD / Doctor of Optometry
OSHA / Occupation Safety and Health Administration
Overweight / Generally, body mass index of 25.0 or greater
PACE / People with Arthritis Can Exercise program
PCP / Primary Care physician/provider
PID / Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
PPOR / Perinatal Periods of Risk
PRAMS / Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
PSA / Public Service Announcement; prostate-specific antigen test
Quitline / Kansas tobacco quitline, toll-free phone service
Racial Minority / Person of non-White race
SAMHSA / Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (federal agency)
Secondary Conditions / Condition that develops as a consequence of another condition that preceded it
SED / Severe Emotional Disturbance
SEER / Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results
SFY / State fiscal year
SIDS / Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
SPMI / Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
SRS / Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
STD / Sexually Transmitted Disease
TRAIN / Web-based tool for training the public health community
UNICEF / United Nations Children’s Fund (formerly United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund)
USDA / United States Department of Agriculture
USPSTF / United States Preventive Services Task Force
USRDS / United States Renal Data System
VLBW / Very Low Birth Weight (less than 1500 grams)
WHO / World Health Organization
WIC / Women, Infants, and Children
WIMR / White Infant Mortality Rate
YRBS / Youth Risk Behavior Survey
YTS / Youth Tobacco Survey

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