Beginning in 1979 and in each subsequent decades, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has overseen the Healthy People initiative to set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention. At the request of HHS, this study presents a slate of Leading Health Indicators (LHIs) that will serve as options for the Healthy People Federal Interagency Workgroup to consider as they develop the final criteria and set of LHIs for Healthy People 2030.

Table of Contents


Front Matter
Summary
1 Introduction
2 The Process for Identifying Candidate Leading Health Indicators
3 Details of the Top-Down Procedure
4 Results of the Bottom-Up Procedure: Gaps in the Draft Objectives
5 Conclusion
References
Appendix A: Committee Member Biosketches
Appendix B: Public Information-Gathering Meeting Agendas
Appendix C: Two Social Determinants of Health Frameworks
Appendix D: Leading Health Indicator Contender Form
Appendix E: Department of Health and Human Services Proposed Objectives for Inclusion in Healthy People 2030