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HIP 2020 Objectives: Mental Health

Healthy Kids

  • Increase from 76% to 85% the proportion of middle school students with a “C” average or lower who have at least one supportive adult in their lives.
  • Reduce the proportion of middle school students who have ever had suicidal thoughts from 23% to 10%.
  • Reduce suicide attempt rates in middle school students who have ever used marijuana from 22% to 9%.

Healthy Adults

  • Increase the proportion of Asian American adults who have sufficient social support from 73% to 91%.
  • Decrease the proportion of Black adults with 15 or more poor mental health days per month from 16% to 7%.