Healthy People 2030

Healthy People 2030 is the blueprint for health in the United States. It has a comprehensive plan for, nationwide health promotion and prevention of illness, disability, and premature death. (Source: https://health.gov/healthypeople)

Healthy People 2030 Vision

A society in which all people can achieve their full potential for health and well-being across the lifespan.

Healthy People 2030 Mission

To promote, strengthen, and evaluate the nation’s efforts to improve the health and well-being of all people.

Healthy People 2030 now includes objectives that highlight how conditions of health impact people’s health. The conditions of health are grouped into 5 categories. These include Economic Stability, Education Access and Quality, Health Care Access and Quality, Neighborhood and Built Environment, and Social and Community Context. It is important to highlight one of the biggest changes from Healthy People 2020 to Healthy People 2030 is that the number of objectives have been reduced to reduce overlap and prioritize the most significant public health issues.

Healthy People 2030 Foundational Principles

The following foundational principles guide decisions about Healthy People 2030:

• The health and well-being of all people and communities is essential to a thriving, equitable society.
• Promoting health and well-being and preventing disease are linked efforts that encompass physical, mental, and social health dimensions.
• Investing to achieve the full potential for health and well-being for all provides valuable benefits to society.
• Achieving health and well-being requires eliminating social and economic barriers, achieving optimal health for all, and attaining health literacy.
• Healthy physical, social, and economic environments strengthen the potential to achieve health and well-being.
• Promoting and achieving health and well-being nationwide is a shared responsibility that is distributed across the national, state, tribal, and community levels, including the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.
• Working to attain the full potential for health and well-being of the population is a component of decision-making and policy formulation across all sectors.

(Source:Healthy People 2030 Framework - Healthy People 2030 | health.gov)