Initiative and Process |
Steps in Developing and Organizing
Goals and Objectives |
1990 Health Objectives36
Created through an expert-driven process, with public input.
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- 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.
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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.
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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.
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