Resources for Action
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite LL100 Rockville, MD 20852 240-453-8280

Healthy People 2010, a broad-based collaborative effort among Federal, State, and Territorial governments, as well as hundreds of private, public, and nonprofit organizations, has set national disease prevention and health promotion objectives to be achieved by the end of this decade (www.healthypeople.gov). The effort has two overarching goals: to increase the quality and years of healthy life and to eliminate health disparities. Healthy People 2010 features 467 science-based objectives and 10 Leading Health Indicators, which use a smaller set of issues and objectives to track progress toward meeting Healthy People 2010 goals. More information on the Leading Health Indicators, including links to Federal Web sites with data, planning tools, scientific information, and details about various programs are available at http://www.healthypeople.gov/lhi.

Listed in this handout are the 10 Leading Health Indicators, with corresponding sample resources available from the Federal government. The Federal consumer health information Web site, www.healthfinder.gov, is also a good starting point for more information on these topics.
  

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
202-690-9000
http://www.fitness.gov

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
888-232-3228
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa
  

OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY

Obesity Education Initiative, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center
301-592-8573
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/oei/index.htm

The Weight-Control Information Network
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
877-946-4627
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm
  

TOBACCO USE

Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
800-CDC-1311
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco

Cancer Information Service, NIH
800-4-CANCER
http://cis.nci.nih.gov
  

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
800-729-6686; 800-487-4889 (TDD)
http://www.health.org

National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH
301-443-1124
http://www.nida.nih.gov

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH
301-443-3860
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
  

RESPONSIBLE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

CDC National AIDS Hotline
800-342-AIDS (800-342-2437)
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/hivinfo/nah.htm

CDC National Sexually Transmitted Diseases
(STD) Hotline
800-227-8922
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/dstdp.html

CDC National Prevention Information Network
800-458-5231
http://www.cdcnpin.org

Office of Population Affairs
301-654-6190
http://opa.osophs.dhhs.gov
  

MENTAL HEALTH

Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA
http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/index.htm

National Mental Health Information Center, SAMHSA
800-789-2647
http://www.mentalhealth.org

National Institute of Mental Health Information Line, NIH
800-421-4211
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depressionmenu.cfm
  

INJURY AND VIOLENCE

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
770-488-1506
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/ncipchm.htm

Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
202-307-0703
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/home.htm

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
Auto Safety Hotline 888-DASH-2-DOT (888-327-4236)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/hotline
  

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
800-438-4318 (IAQ hotline)
800-SALUD-12; (725-8312) Spanish
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/iaqinfo.html

Information Resources Center (IRC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
202-260-5922
http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/hqirc/about.htm

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, CDC
888-442-8737
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov
  

IMMUNIZATION

National Immunization Program/CDC
800-232-2522 (English); 800-232-0233 (Spanish)
888-CDC-FAXX (Fax-back)
http://www.cdc.gov/nip
  

ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Office of Healthcare Information
301-594-1364
http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/index.html#plans

“Insure Kids Now” Initiative
Health Resources and Services Administration
877-KIDS NOW (877-543-7669)
http://www.insurekidsnow.gov

Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
1-888-ASK-HRSA (HRSA Information Center)
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov

Office of Beneficiary Relations
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
800-444-4606 (customer service center)
800-MED-ICARE (Info Line)
http://www.Medicare.gov