Environmental Health - Healthy People 2030 (2024)

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What are the environmental objectives of Healthy People 2030? ›

Healthy People 2030 focuses on reducing people's exposure to harmful pollutants in air, water, soil, food, and materials in homes and workplaces. Environmental pollutants can cause health problems like respiratory diseases, heart disease, and some types of cancer.

Clean air, stable climate, adequate water, sanitation and hygiene, safe use of chemicals, protection from radiation, healthy and safe workplaces, sound agricultural practices, health-supportive cities and built environments, and a preserved nature are all prerequisites for good health.

Healthy People 2030 focuses on keeping people safe and healthy through laws and policies at the local, state, territorial, and federal level. Evidence-based health policies can help prevent disease and promote health. For example, smoke-free policies can help prevent smoking initiation and increase quit attempts.

Typically, people thinking about environmental health focus on how the environment can affect the four key physiological factors: air, water, food, and shelter.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PRACTICES INCLUDE:

Stopping or lessening hazards. Assessing individuals' exposure to hazards. Researching possible health effects related to exposures. Preventing and/or lessening health effects.

It consists of three categories: health impacts, air quality, and water and sanitation. The health impacts category includes the environmental risk exposure indicator.

Classroom resource: This slideset includes a slide for each of the 7 Core Concepts of Environmental Health: Toxicity, Exposure, Dose/Response, Individual Susceptibility, Risks and Benefits, Environmental Justice, and Community Resources and Action.

“To understand the field of environmental health, you need to understand seven core concepts: Toxicity, Exposure, Dose/Response, Individual Susceptibility, Risks & Benefits, Environmental Justice, and Community Resources & Action.”

Healthy People 2030 includes 359 core — or measurable — objectives as well as developmental and research objectives. Learn more about the types of objectives.

How is Healthy People 2030 developed? ›

The Healthy People Federal Interagency Workgroup (FIW) — along with individual workgroups of federal subject matter experts representing more than 20 federal agencies — developed the Healthy People 2030 objectives and selected targets and will help review data and resources associated with the objectives throughout the ...

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health's (OASH) Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) leads and manages the Healthy People initiative in collaboration with a diverse group of stakeholders, partners, and organizations, including NCHS, workgroups (primarily HHS subject matter experts), the ...

Most data sources used for Healthy People 2030 objectives meet rigorous criteria. For example, they: Have valid, reliable, nationally representative data.

Healthy People 2030 focuses on improving health care quality and making sure all people get the health care services they need. Helping health care providers communicate more effectively can help improve health and well-being.

By 2030, a consumer-centric healthcare system will be an imperative. Here's how to get there. The healthcare industry is facing major demographic changes that will dramatically impact which services are needed and how they are delivered.

Healthy People 2030 focuses on making sure individuals, communities, and organizations are prepared for disasters, disease outbreaks, and medical emergencies. Communities can prepare for emergencies like natural disasters and disease outbreaks through planning and by training individuals in emergency response.

Attain healthy, thriving lives and well-being, free of preventable disease, disability, injury and premature death.

Criticism of the Healthy People Initiative includes difficulties in distinguishing the effects of personal health choices from healthcare services, a lack of long-term evaluations, and a generalized approach that may not suit individual needs.

Objectives Related to the Healthy People 2030 Goals. Some of the objectives related to nutrition include: reducing food insecurity; increasing consumption of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; and decreasing consumption of saturated fats and added sugars.