Healthy People 2000 Review 1994

The third annual overview of progress toward the Healthy People 2000 objectives -- a national strategy for significantly improving the health of the Nation over the coming decade. Addresses the prevention of major chronic illnesses, injuries & infectious diseases. Presents the latest tracking data for all 300 original objectives & 223 special population sub-objectives. Sections include: health promotion; health protection; preventive services & surveillance & data systems; age-related objectives; & special population objectives. Charts & tables.

The 6th in a series of profiles tracking the Year 2000 objectives for American health promotion & disease prevention. This report presents a national prevention strategy for significantly improving the health of the American people. It identifies 3 broad goals & 319 objectives. The goals focus on increasing the span of healthy life, reducing health disparities, & achieving access to preventive services for everyone. The objectives are organized into 22 priority areas. For each of these, one or more U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) agencies are designated to coordinate activities directed toward attaining the objectives. 45 charts & tables.

The fourth in a series of annual profiles of the Nation's health tracing the year 2000 objectives; replaces the Prevention Profiles that monitored the 1990 national health objectives. This is the first year that midcourse modifications to the objectives are presented & tracked in this report. Priority areas include: physical activity & fitness, nutrition, tobacco, substance abuse (alcohol & other drugs), family planning, mental health & mental disorders, violent & abusive behavior, educational & community-based programs, unintentional injuries, occupational safety & health, environmental health, & many more. Charts & tables.

During Spring 1998, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) contracted with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct a multi phase project resulting in the development of sets of leading health indicators that would provide a 'face' for Healthy People 2010. Of equal or greater importance was the development of indicator sets that would attract and sustain public attention and motivation to engage in healthy behaviors. Development of such leading health indicators sets is intended to move the United States toward achievement of more positive health outcomes for the general population and for select population groups defined by race, ethnicity, gender, age, socio-economic status, level of education, and disability. This second interim report presents a summary of the efforts of the IOM Committee on Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2010 to develop sample sets of leading health indicators that would meet the requisite functions of attracting and sustaining attention and motivating engagement in healthier behaviors by the public. Reactions to this report and more specifically, to the potential leading health indicator sets and suggested measures, will be solicited from the public health community as well as representatives of diverse consumer audiences through electronic communication, regional public meetings convened by DHHS, focus group discussions with target populations, and other information-gathering techniques. Review of information from these various sources will be summarized in a third and final report for DHHS to be published in April 1999. The third report will also include the committee's final recommendations regarding the functions to be fulfilled by leading health indicators, will define specific criteria underlying the selection of leading health indicators, and will identify specific sets of leading health indicators to be promoted and monitored during the decade 2000 to 2010.