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Appendix 9.
Questions that May Motivate Users to Seek
Healthy People 2020 Information

Examples of questions that may motivate users to seek out the Healthy People 2020 Web-based tool are listed below.

  • Are we on track?
  • Can I continue to be employed if I have this level of disability or problem?
  • Do the evidence support the things I'm already doing? Does this threaten my job?
  • How are these adverse conditions reflected in the health data? How can I achieve the target?
  • How can we address this health problem both in the clinic and in the community? (Upstream solutions)
  • How do the health data reflect the situation in my community? (e.g., housing issues, loss of jobs.)
  • How is my community the same or different from the norm?
  • Should we use HHS data to help us try to figure out the framework?
  • We're considering using intervention X in population Y. Will it be effective?
  • What are the best interventions to reduce burden based on existing evidence?
  • What are the greatest causes of preventable disease, injury and disability in my area?
  • What is the health profile of smaller populations within my community?
  • What is the relationship between individual behaviors and the larger structure?
  • What key health behaviors should I be focusing on?
  • Who else in my state, region, or locale cares about the problem I care about?
  • Who can I collaborate with for programming?
  • What should I do?

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