Every ten years, the Department of Health and Human Service's Healthy People Initiative develops a new set of science-based, national objectives with the goal of improving the health of all Americans. Defining balanced and comprehensive criteria for healthy people enables the public, programs, and policymakers to gauge our progress and reevaluate efforts towards a healthier society. Criteria for Selecting the Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2030 makes recommendations for the development of Leading Health Indicators for the initiative's Healthy People 2030 framework. The authoring committee's assessments inform their recommendations for the Healthy People Federal Interagency Workgroup in their endeavor to develop the latest Leading Health Indicators. The finalized Leading Health Indicators will establish the criteria for healthy Americans and help update policies that will guide decision-marking throughout the next decade. This report also reviews and reflects upon current and past Healthy People materials to identify gaps and new objectives.

Table of Contents


Front Matter
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Past Selection Criteria Described for the Leading Health Indicators and Other High-Level Indicator Sets
3 The Healthy People 2030 Draft Objectives
4 Criteria for Healthy People 2030 Leading Health Indicators
5 Conclusion
Appendix A: References
Appendix B: Meeting Agendas
Appendix C: Committee Member Biosketches
Appendix D: Criteria for Selecting a Set of Leading Health Indicators
Appendix E: Healthy People 2030 Framework