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APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

Carter Blakey¹, Debra Nichols, MD, MPH¹, and Caitlin Oppenheimer, MPH². (1) US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 1101 Wooton Parkway, LL100, Rockville, MD 20852, 240-453-8254, cblakey@osophs.dhhs.gov, (2) National Opinion Research Center, 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036

Healthy People 2010, a set of disease prevention and health promotion goals and objectives for the Nation, is an effective tool for unifying efforts by all sectors involved in health and health care to address preventable threats to health. However, the program faces new challenges. As our nation confronts such issues as bioterrorism, pandemic flu, and an obesity epidemic, our strategies (and resources) for promoting the Nation's health must reflect those evolving needs. How should we address them? How can we balance the need for more objectives against the resources needed to manage them? How should we obtain input from the public and from public health advocates? How can we accomplish coordination with other health indicator sets? This session will provide background on previous efforts and describe HHS efforts to develop a framework for health objectives for 2020. Strategies for public health professionals who wish to participate in the development process will be described.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion on this session, the participant will be able to

• Articulate the principles of the Heathy People initiative
• List key factors that have contributed to the success of Healthy People
• Describe challenges to the development of health objectives for 2020 and strategies for addressing them

Keywords: Disease Prevention, Healthy People 2000/2010

Related Web page: www.healthypeople.gov

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No