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Informing the Selection of Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2030: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
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... Isham asked Wright to address the apparent tension between long-standing Healthy People objectives emphasizing disease prevention and the newer emphasis on the upstream factors that influence health in HP2030's framework. Wright explained Healthy People's evolving emphasis on well-being in parallel to an increased appreciation in public health of the social determinants of health (SDOHs)
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... Harmonizing with other national metrics sets; and 4. Measuring health equity -- insights for the LHIs A moderator, each a member or chair of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030 (SAC)
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... , both of which affect demand and supply dynamics across the entire portfolio. Milstein added that this portfolio -- and the indicators associated with it -- provides a portrait of current investments that would help to anticipate the future trajectory of population health and well-being.
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... Riley reminded that local uptake of well-being initiatives is nonetheless still vital, and that signaling engagement to community partners and disseminating data to them are critical components of national–local programming coordination. Darcy Phelan-Emrick of the Baltimore City Health Department followed up by asking about the extent to which Cantril's Ladder is used in national health metrics instruments in the United States or abroad.
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... Notably, IHME offers both national and subnational HAQ profiles for all countries, highlighting the profound variation in health outcomes below the national level for some countries. Mokdad demonstrated IHME's work to model key developments based on GBD data, including changes in disease expenditure for various health services, nations' future health scenarios, leading causes of DALYs (disability-adjusted life years)
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... AHR quantifies and ranks population health metrics for states and specific population subgroups, with the aim of providing sound science and longitudinal comparisons to inform cross-sector dialogue about population health. Eckstein explained that the model AHR uses compiles data on health behaviors, community and environmental conditions, policy, and clinical care to create aggregate, rankable health outcomes.
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... Givens on May 28, 2019; University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2017. www.countyhealthrankings.org.
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... Pronk noted that this may require loosening the restrictions on deriving the LHIs from the FIW-proposed list of core objectives so that the LHIs may adequately capture the vision of HP2030. Pronk introduced Brian Smedley of the National Collaborative for Health Equity.
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... Additionally, she encouraged choosing pertinent and comparative metrics to illustrate key and overlooked/poorly measured inequities. These could include measuring the racial wealth gap as a standalone indicator, or using more accurate measures of economic insecurity than the federal poverty level (such as 200 percent of the federal poverty level)
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... Wayne Jonas of the Samueli Foundation made a final comment, challenging attendees to think of ways to link the aims of achieving health and well-being outcomes with day-to-day health care delivery goals. Once the public comment session concluded, Isham thanked the presenters, committee members, and attendees for their time, described the next steps for the committee, and adjourned the meeting.♦♦♦ DISCLAIMER: This Proceedings of a Workshop -- in Brief was prepared by Andrew Koltun as a factual summary of what occurred at the meeting.


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