Healthy People 2020 - National Association of County and City Health Officials Partnership

Local public health finding ways to advance Healthy People across the country

NACCHO's partnership with Healthy People 2020 (HP 2020) is designed to support and increase the use of HP 2020 among local health departments (LHDs) and other organizations related to community health assessment and improvement planning. All programmatic activities will be designed to support the HP 2020 ten-year agenda for improving the Nation's health.

With fewer resources and staff, many LHDs face significant challenges in providing essential services that ensure the health and safety of their communities. The HP 2020 approach offers an evidence-based, easy-to-use tool designed to aid LHDs and other organizations in community health assessment work.

The Implementing Healthy People page provides guidance to help LHDs and other organizations use HP 2020 to conduct community health assessment and improvement planning processes.

Webinar Recording: Using the Health Indicators Warehouse in Community Health Assessment

NACCHO hosted a webinar on the use of HP 2020 and the Health Indicators Warehouse in community health assessment and improvement planning. This 90-minute webinar includes information on ways that HP 2020 can support community health assessment and community health improvement processes, navigating the Health Indicators Warehouse website, accessing local-level indicators for a specific community, and how to use HP 2020 and the Health Indicators Warehouse with partners to begin selecting indicators. More »

Registration Now Open: 2012 National Health Promotion Summit

The 2012 National Health Promotion Summit will be held April 10-11 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The summit will showcase health promotion activities that support the Affordable Care Act, Healthy People 2020, and other key prevention-related initiatives. Presentations will feature programs executed by various sectors that reflect a wide array of pressing national and global health issues. Register today. More »

Who's Leading the Leading Health Indicators?

Starting in January 2012, the HP 2020 News You Can Use updates will be transformed into a new resource known as Who's Leading the Leading Health Indicators? The leading health indicators (LHIs) are a smaller set of HP 2020 objectives that have been selected to communicate high-priority health issues to the nation.

The monthly series will spotlight an LHI topic area by providing an overview of the health topic, noting the most recent data and trends, and showcasing states, communities, or organizations that are addressing the LHIs in innovative ways. You will also continue to receive periodic updates highlighting new HP 2020 resources and events. More »

Resources

»	Health Indicators Warehouse
	Developed by the National Center for Health Statistics, the health indicators warehouse is a user-friendly source for national, state, and community health indicators. Access to high-quality data improves understanding of a community's health status and determinants, and facilitates the prioritization of interventions. More »

»	Healthy People 2020 State and Territorial Coordinators
	The HP 2020 state and territorial coordinators serve as liaisons with the office of disease prevention and health promotion in the Department of Health and Human Services. Each coordinator ensures that the development of a state or territorial plan is in line with HP 2020 goals and objectives. More »

»	Healthy People 2020 Website
	HP 2020 is organized into 39 topic areas with objectives to improve the health of all Americans. The HP 2020 website includes information about these objectives as well as resources to help implement HP 2020 with evidence-based intervention strategies. More »

»	Leading Health Indicators
	The HP 2020 LHIs include a small set of high-priority health issues that represent significant threats to the public's health. Selected from the HP 2020 objectives, the 26 LHIs, organized under 12 topic areas, address determinants of health that promote quality of life, healthy behaviors, and healthy development across all life stages. The LHIs provide a way to assess the health of the Nation for key areas, facilitate collaboration across diverse sectors, and motivate action at the national, state, and local levels. More »

»	MAP-IT: A Guide to Using Healthy People 2020 in Your Community
	Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track (MAP-IT) can be used to plan and evaluate public health interventions to achieve Healthy People 2020 objectives. More »

For more information about the HP 2020-NACCHO Partnership, contact Barbara Laymon at blaymon@naccho.org or Katie McCabe at kmccabe@naccho.org.