Key indicators of health in the USA
Editorial - The Lancet, Volume 377, Issue 9771 - 26 March 2011
Website: http://bit.ly/hK1RGB
“….The US Government's Healthy People initiative aims to improve the health of Americans. Last week, the
Those health indicators are access to care services, quality of health-care services, healthy behaviours, physical environment, social environment, chronic disease, mental health, injury, maternal and infant health, tobacco use, substance abuse, and responsible sexual behaviour….”
Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020:
Letter Report – March 2011
Committee on Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Available online at: http://bit.ly/g6cxfn
“……In response to a request from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Institute of Medicine (IOM) established the Committee on Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020 to develop and recommend 12 indicators and 24 objectives for consideration by HHS for guiding a national health agenda and for consideration for inclusion in Healthy People 2020.
The product of the committee was to be a consensus letter report.
In conducting its work, the committee was asked to
1. Review current and past health indicators sets, including Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators, the State of the USA (SUSA) indicators, and the Community Health Status Indicators;
2. Give consideration to provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that mandate the establishment of key national indicators and prevention-related measures, goals, and objectives;
3. Define basic principles or purposes for Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators;
4. Develop criteria for selecting Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators. Such criteria should be actionable and reflect the importance of science, evidence, and public health concerns. Development of such criteria should involve consideration of Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators and reflect the Healthy People 2020 framework that includes new issues and topics (e.g., health communication and health information technology);
5. Choose indicators that, to the extent possible, have annual data sources, with comparable data available at the state and county level; and
6. Identify 24 objectives drawn from Healthy People 2020 and 12 topics under which the selected objectives will be organized…..”
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