1990 Health Objectives³⁶

Created through an expert-driven process, with public input.

• Experts from Public Health Service agencies (e.g., NIH, FDA, CDC, and others) drafted background papers for each of the 15 priority areas.
• Background papers were provided to 167 experts, who met in Atlanta to prepare first drafts of the objectives. They collaborated within 15 work groups on priority area topics.^xiii
• An invitation for public comment was published in the Federal Register, and the drafts were revised accordingly.
• Revised objectives were circulated to HHS and other relevant agencies, and to workgroup chairs from the Atlanta conference.

Healthy People 2000³⁷

Created through a process that emphasized stakeholder participation.

• The Healthy People Consortium (a user alliance of almost 300 national membership organizations and all state health departments) convened in 1987 to offer input on the objectives.
• Eight regional meetings were held; testimony was received from over 750 individuals and organizations.
• Public input was used by Public Health Service professionals to revise and update the objectives.
• Draft objectives were released for public review and comment before being finalized.

Healthy People 2010³⁸

Created through a process that emphasized stakeholder participation.

• The Healthy People Consortium (now comprising 350 national membership organizations and 250 State health, mental health, substance use, and environmental agencies) met in 1996 to discuss the Healthy People2000 framework, goals, and objectives, and how they should be updated for 2010. In 1997, they discussed target-setting for population-based objectives.
• More than 700 comments were received concerning the framework for Healthy People 2010.
• More than 11,000 comments on the objectives were submitted in six public hearings and through the Healthy People Web site.
• The Secretary's Council on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2010 (comprising HHS Operating Division heads and former HHS Assistant Secretaries for Health) also provided input.