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2 Approach to Development of Leading Health Indicator Sets
Pages 17-24

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... The first meeting of the committee included a workshop involving participants from many of the state and local government agencies who had been involved with Healthy People since its inception in 1979. In conjunction with its fourth meeting in January 1999, the committee convened a public hearing to elicit comments and recommendations from the public and private health care communities concerning leading health indicators for Healthy People 2010.
From page 18...
... motivate these diverse population groups to undertake activities to improve the status of specific indicators and thereby improving the overall health of the nation, (3) provide ongoing feedback to these populations and the members ofthe public and private health care communities concerning progress toward achieving sustained improvements in the indicators.
From page 19...
... a level of credibility with and support from individuals, groups, organizations, health professionals, and others involved in the delivery of health care education and services to the general population and select population groups. The revised list of 14 criteria were published in the second Institute of Medicine interim report released by the committee in December 1998 and public comment on these criteria was solicited through electronic and standard mail communications, participation in five regional meetings convened by the U.S.
From page 20...
... Department of Health and Human Services during the fall of 1998. These meetings provided opportunities for the Department to receive comments from the public and private health care communities on the proposed content ofthe All Healthy People 2010 plan as well as the concept of leading health indicators.
From page 21...
... The committee suggested indicators and measures for each of these frameworks and invited the private and public health care communities to comment on the frameworks and the suggested indicators and measures following their publication in a second interim report Tom the Institute of Medicine (Institute of Medicine, 19981. Following publication of the second interim report, the committee identified two additional conceptual frameworks to support the development of indicator sets.
From page 22...
... Department of Health and Human Services. SELECTION OF CANDIDATE INDICATOR SETS The committee proposed three sets of leading health indicators for consideration by the U.S.
From page 23...
... Table 2.4 Proposed Leading Health Indicator Sets Heals Determinants and Health Outcomes Life Course Determinants Prevention Physical environment Poverty High school graduation Tobacco use Weight Physical activity Health insurance Cancer detection Preventable deaths Disability NOTE: Key: Bold = Unique to He set, Italic = Common to two sets, Underline = Common to three sets Substance abuse Poverty Physical activity Health care access Cognitive development Violence Disability Tobacco use Low birth weight Poverty Tobacco use Childhood immunization Cancer screening Hypertension screening Diabetic eye exam Health care access Disability Preventable deaths


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