Development
Healthy People is the product of an extensive collaborative process that relies
on input from a diverse array of individuals and organizations, both within and
outside the Federal government, with a common interest in improving the Nation’s
health. The Secretary of Health and Human Services’
Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives
for 2020 and the Federal Interagency Workgroup on Healthy People
2020 are guiding a two-phased approach to the development of Healthy
People 2020. Phase I—the Healthy People 2020 framework—occurred in 2007 through
2008. The framework consists of a vision, mission, and overarching goals.
It uses a risk factors and determinants of health approach to inform and guide improvements
in health and builds on past iterations of Healthy People. The framework provides
the foundation for Phase II, the development of specific objectives and strategies
to achieve them. The development process will culminate in 2010 with the launch
of the objectives and their baselines and targets.
Public Comment
As part of Phase II, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is requesting
public comments on the draft set of proposed objectives for Healthy People 2020.
You are invited to comment on the proposed objectives and topic areas and to suggest
additional objectives and topic areas that you feel are missing from the draft set.
Objectives must meet specific criteria.
The proposed objectives contained in this document were developed by Topic Area
workgroups led by various Agencies within the Federal Government. They have been
reviewed by the Federal Interagency Workgroup on Healthy People 2020 and are presented
now for your review and comment. Comments may be submitted in several ways: orally
and in writing during the fall 2009 public meetings in Kansas City (October 22),
Philadelphia (November 7) and Seattle (November 20); and in writing via a public
comment Web site at http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020
or by emailing HP2020@hhs.gov. Comments will
be accepted through December 31, 2009.
The final set of Healthy People 2020 objectives will reflect public comments and
further deliberations of the Topic Area workgroups, Federal Interagency Workgroup
on Healthy People 2020, and Secretary’s Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion
and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020.
Federal Interagency Workgroup
The Healthy People 2020 Federal Interagency Workgroup (FIW) oversees and manages
the development of the Healthy People 2020, using input from the Secretary’s Advisory
Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020
and other Healthy People stakeholders. Representatives from agencies within the
US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) serve on the FIW. Federal agencies
outside of HHS also serve on the FIW, in support of Healthy People 2020’s framework
which embraces social determinants of health approach to health improvement and
promotes an integrated approach to policies that impact health.
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