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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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(For more information on Healthy People 2000, see the link below the Appendices on this page)

Foreword

Introduction

Methods

Key Findings

Developing Objectives

Figure 1 Types of documents used by states to guide their health promotion and disease prevention objectives

Figure 2A Number of states that used Healthy People 2000 in setting objectives

Figure 2B Number of states that reported the proportion of their published health objectives that used the same measure as in Healthy People 2000

Figure 3 Number of states that collaborated with communities, by type of collaboration

Figure 4 Total number of objectives/ sub-objectives

Figure 5 Number of states with and without objectives/sub-objectives or implementation plans for mental health, substance abuse, environmental health, or occupational health

Figure 6 Number of objectives/sub-objectives for special populations

Figure 7 Existence of objectives specific to rural areas

Measuring Objectives: Baseline Data

Figure 8 The extent that availability of baseline data influenced the selection of objectives/sub-objectives

Figure 9 Percentage of objectives/ sub-objectives with baseline data at the time of publication of the state’s Year 2000 health objectives

Figure 10 Age of baseline data at the time of publication of state objectives

Figure 11 Percentage of baseline data that were available at the different jurisdictional levels

Figure 12 Percentage of objectives/subobjectives needing baseline data at the time of publication for which baseline data have since been acquired

 

Measuring Objectives: Tracking Data

Figure 13 Percentage of objectives tracked using state's identified "top five" data sources

Figure 14 The average percentage of tracking data that were collected/managed by the various levels of government and other sectors

Figure 15 Percentage of data obtained from non-governmental sources

Figure 16 Percentage of tracking data updated, by frequency of update

Figure 17 Percentage of tracking data that were approximately 1 year old

Figure 18 Age of states' tracking data compared to age of baseline data at the time of publication of state's objectives/sub-objectives

Figure 19 Age of tracking data for six localities

 

Measuring Objectives: Barriers and Successes

Figure 20 Top reasons identified by states for success in collecting/accessing data to measure objectives

Figure 21 Top reasons identified by six localities for success in collecting/accessing data to measure objectives

Figure 22 Top barriers identified by states to collecting or accessing data for objectives that are difficult to measure

Figure 23 Top barriers identified by five localities to collecting or accessing data for objectives that are difficult to measure

Figure 24 Resource allocation needs identified by states for improving the ability to measure objectives

Figure 25 Resource allocation needs identified by five localities for improving the ability to measure objectives

 

Use and Implementation of Objectives

Figure 26 Likelihood of using objectives, by purpose

Figure 27 Percentage of states’ total objectives that included guidance on monitoring and implementation, by type of guidance

Figure 28 Number of states that provided assistance to local health departments, by type of assistance

 

Release and Dissemination of Data for Objectives

Figure 29 Number of states that cited methods for disseminating information about objectives to localities, by dissemination method

Figure 30 Number of states that provided data to local health departments for each of the Healthy People 2000 22.1 Health Status Indicators

Figure 31 Average time lapse in months since data for each of the Healthy People 2000 22.1 Health Status Indicators were last provided to local health departments

Figure 32 Number of states that have produced a report based on the 18 Healthy People 2000 22.1 Health Status Indicators, by characteristics of the report

 

Appendices

A. Healthy People State Plans

B. Additional Planning Documents Listed By The State Healthy People Action Coordinators

C. Additional Data Sources Identified As "Top Five" Sources For Tracking By Individual States

D. State Survey Instrument

For more information on Healthy People 2000 including the Healthy People Consortium, fact sheets, priority areas, lead agencies, Midcourse Review, progress reviews, data sources, publications lists, and Healthy People 2010, click here to link to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's Healthy People 2000 Home Page.