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Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who communicate positively with their parents — EMC‑01 Data Methodology and Measurement

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About this objective

Data

Data Source:  National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), HRSA/MCHB

National baseline: 68.6 percent of children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years had parents who reported that they and their child can share ideas or talk about things that matter in 2016-17

National target: 73.1 percent

Numerator
Number of children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years whose parents report that they and their child can share ideas or talk 'very well' about things that matter.
Denominator
Number of children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years.
National target-setting method
Percentage point improvement
National target-setting method details
Percentage point improvement from the baseline using Cohen's h effect size of 0.10.
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National target-setting method justification
Trend data were not available for this objective. A percentage point improvement was calculated using Cohen's h effect size of 0.1. This method was used because survey methods changed, and the historical data were no longer comparable. The Healthy People 2030 Workgroup Subject Matter Experts expected a conservative increase based on the trend of historical data for this measure before the survey methods changed. While Healthy People targets are applicable at the national level, this target will remain more stable when calculating targets by state.

Methodology

Questions used to obtain the national baseline data

(For additional information, please visit the data source page linked above.)

From the 2016 and 2017 National Survey of Children's Health:

Numerator and Denominator:
How well can you and this child share ideas or talk about things that really matter?
  1. Very well
  2. Somewhat well
  3. Not very well
  4. Not at all

Methodology notes

The respondent is the parent or guardian who knows the most about the child's health.

History

Comparable HP2020 objective
Modified, which includes core objectives that are continuing from Healthy People 2020 but underwent a change in measurement.
Changes between HP2020 and HP2030
This objective differs from Healthy People 2020 objective EMC-2.2 in that there is a break in trend due to the 2016 redesign of the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH). The definition is otherwise the same.
Revision History
Revised. 

In April 2024, imputation and weighting by race and ethnicity were revised for the 2022 National Survey of Children's Health. To ensure comparability for trending, these changes were applied retroactively to data from the NSCH from 2016 through 2021 also. As a result, in 2025, the baseline was revised from 68.5% in 2016-2017 to 68.6% in 2016-2017. The target was revised from 73.0% to 73.1% using the original target setting method.

1. Effect size h=0.1 was chosen to correspond with 10% improvement from a baseline of 50%.