Dear LAMBDA HIV/AIDS OUTreach,

ACTION ALERT:
REVISIONS TO HHS "HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010" OBJECTIVES

On behalf of the US Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
(ODPHP) is soliciting the submission of electronic comments for
consideration on changes and revisions proposed to the Healthy
People 2010 objectives as a result of the Midcourse Review
process. The Midcourse Review, conducted at the midpoint of the
decade, is the process through which the Healthy People 2010
objectives are reviewed by HHS, the lead agencies for the
Healthy People focus areas, and other experts, to assess the
data trends during the first half of the decade, consider new
science and available data, and make changes that ensure that
Healthy People 2010 remains current, accurate, and relevant. The
proposed revisions take the form of: establishing baselines and
targets for formerly developmental objectives (i.e., objectives
that had no baseline data or target when Healthy People 2010 was
released in 2000); changes to the language of objectives and
subobjectives; deletions of objectives and subobjectives; new
subobjectives; and baseline and target revisions.

The public is invited to comment through the Internet Website
on: objectives and subobjectives that are moving from
developmental to measurable objective status; objectives and
subobjectives with revisions to their overall language; the
deletion of objectives and subobjectives; the addition of new
subobjectives; the establishment of new baselines, targets, and
target setting methods; and changes to data sources. Written
comments received in response to this notice will be reviewed
and considered by the lead agencies for the objectives to which
they pertain.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted via the Internet
website by the close of business Eastern Standard Time on
September 15, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The proposed revisions to Healthy People 2010
objectives can be viewed and commented on at
http://www.healthypeople.gov/data/midcourse

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Email the Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and
Science, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, at
mailto:hp2010@....

BACKGROUND: HHS has led a nationwide process to formulate and
monitor national disease prevention and health promotion
objectives since 1979. The Healthy People initiative began in
1979 with Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention, which presented general goals
for reducing preventable death and injury in different age
groups by 1990. These general goals were followed in 1980 by the
publication of Promoting Health/Preventing Disease: Objectives
for the Nation, which identified five overarching goals
supported by a set 226 objectives organized in 15 strategic
areas to be achieved by 1990. The five goals targeted mortality
and morbidity for five distinct age groups.

In 1990, HHS published Healthy People 2000, which established
three overarching goals and contained 319 objectives in 22
priority areas. The Healthy People 2000 goals were 1) increase
the span of healthy life, 2) reduce health disparities, and 3)
provide access to preventive health services.

Building on the experiences of the first two decades of
objectives, public hearings, and a public comment process that
generated more than 11,000 public comments, in January 2000, HHS
issued Healthy People 2010, the third generation of 10-year
disease prevention and health promotion objectives for the
Nation. Healthy People 2010 is a comprehensive set of national
health objectives, based on science, for the first decade of the
21st century. It identifies two overarching goals (i.e.,
increase the quality and years of healthy life, and eliminate
health disparities) that are supported by 467 objectives in 28
focus areas. For more information about Healthy People 2010 and
its history, visit the Healthy People 2010 Internet website at
http://www.healthypeople.gov .

Through the Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review, the lead
agencies for the 28 Healthy People 2010 focus areas have
proposed revisions to the Healthy People 2010 objectives that
are now available for public review and comment. Public comment
on the objectives will be considered by the appropriate lead
agencies. ODPHP, within the Office of Public Health and Science,
serves as the overall coordinator for the dissemination and
processing of the public comments.

A new HHS report entitled Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review,
featuring the revisions and a status report on progress from
2000 to 2005 toward achieving the targets for the year 2010, is
scheduled for publication in 2006.

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