Healthy People 2010 represents our national health promotion and disease prevention objectives for the Nation and a blueprint for action over the next decade. The objectives are illustrative of the symbiotic relationship between science and policy, and the way one drives the other. Advances in our scientific knowledge and monitoring capabilities are used to plan programs, institute policy, and set goals. At the same time, existing policies and programs drive the need to further the science and generate data by which to assess progress and evaluate measures. In 1990 there were 71 objectives (out of 300) for which there were no baseline measures. By the end of the decade, data sources had been generated for all except 9 of those objectives. Similarly, in Healthy People 2010, there are a number of objectives among the 467 (grouped into 28 topics) that are included for their policy and/or programmatic importance which do not include baseline measures. Once again, we are depending on scientific advances and improved monitoring and surveillance to supply these data. This presentation will review key policy and program issues for which there are no baseline estimates. Potential data sources will be discussed. See www.health.gov/healthypeople/
Learning Objectives: Through this presentation, attendees will learn about the Healthy People 2010 tobacco priority area. They will come to understand ways in which policy and surveillance enjoy a symbiotic relationship and the way one drives the other.
Keywords: Healthy People 2000/2010, Tobacco Policy
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and agencies within the Department
American Legacy Foundation
(data sources for the tobacco objectives)
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.