STUDY: Most Tri-State Area Kids Live Healthy Lives

The 2017 Child Well-Being Survey was released on Wednesday.

(Cincinnati, Oh.) – A new study shows that most kids in the Greater Cincinnati area are generally healthy.

According to the 2017 Child Well-Being Survey, 82 percent of parents surveyed in the region said their child’s health was excellent or very good, which was slightly lower than the national assessment, with 90 percent of parents reported very good or excellent health for their children.

Responses varied by income. Just 67 percent of families earning 100 percent or less of the Federal Poverty Guidelines reported that their child had excellent or very good health. As income increased, so to do the percentage of parents reporting good health for their children.

Seven in 10 African American children had excellent health compared to 8 in 10 Caucasian children.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one way to affect overall health is to increase physical activity. Children and adolescents are encouraged to complete at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day.

“A foundation of good health in childhood can lead to a long, productive life,” said O’dell Moreno Owens, M.D., M.P.H., President and CEO of Interact for Health. “The Child Well-Being Survey was designed to help leaders in our community better understand children’s health and how it’s impacted by factors such as environment and access to health care. This data can then be used to develop programs and drive policy change to improve the lives of children.”

The 2017 Child Well-Being Survey was conducted between March 5 and August 9, 2017. A random sample of 2,757 adults in southwest Ohio, northern Kentucky and southeast Indiana were interviewed via telephone.

For more information, visit www.interactforhealth.org/child-well-being-survey.