Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #119486

Emmeline Ochiai, MPH, Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite LL100, Rockville, MD 20852, 2404538259, eochiai@osophs.dhhs.gov, Richard J. Klein, MPH, Office of Analysis, Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 6317, Hyattsville, MD 20782, Kathleen M. Turczyn, MPH, Office of Analysis, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 6323, Hyattsville, MD 20782, and Louise Lex, PhD, Iowa Department of Public Health, Lucas State Office Building, Des Moines, IA 50319-0075.

How is the nation progressing toward the national Healthy People 2010 goals and objectvies? The Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review is being produced to assess progress toward the Healthy People 2010 goals and objectives at the midpoint of the decade. The Midcourse Review offers an opportunity to: assess progress toward Healthy People 2010's overarching goals (i.e., increase quality and years of healthy life, and eliminate health disparities); articulate the degree to which the gaps in health disparities are closing or widening; reveal those developmental objectives for which data are now available and which have been eliminated for lack of a data source; identify objectives that have met their targets and reveal areas that are facing challenges in meeting their targets; and explore strategies and opportunities for acheiving the goals for the decade. This session will address the status of progress toward Healthy People's two overarching goals, objectives, and targets. The Midcourse Review process and development will be addressed in detail. The revised objectives, target adjustments, and the impact of these changes to Healthy People 2010 will be highlighted.

Learning Objectives:

• Assess the status of progress that is being made toward the national Healthy People 2010 goals and objectives;
• Describe the role of the Midcourse Review in the Healthy People 2010 initiative;
• Articulate the basis and rationale for the changes in the Midcourse Review;
• Understand the impact of the adjustments, changes, and revisions that are being made with the Midcourse Review.

Keywords: Healthy People 2000/2010, Disease Prevention

Related Web page: www.healthypeople.gov/data/midcourse/

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.