Healthy People in Action

This guest post is part of Healthy People in Action, a blog series highlighting how key partners use the Healthy People framework in their work, form cross-sector collaborations, and address social determinants of health to help achieve health equity. In this post, the author discusses volunteering as a means to improve social connection for older adults and the resulting positive health outcomes for both those being served and the volunteer.

Healthy People 2030 goals and objectives guide the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) throughout the development and implementation of its State Health Improvement Plan. DHS embraces its mission to “protect and promote the health and safety of the people of Wisconsin” and works toward a vision of “everyone living their best life.” Unlike other states with a standalone public health agency, DHS includes public health under its umbrella of programs and services. This brings with it both benefits and challenges.

A new resource from ODPHP, Key Indicators for Healthy Aging, highlights Healthy People 2030 objectives that are critical to healthy aging. This data snapshot focuses on indicators related to the social determinants of health and health behaviors that impact aging – like physical activity and healthy eating.

On Wednesday, June 12 the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) hosted its latest Healthy People 2030 webinar: Air Quality Matters: Improving Health and Lung Function with Healthy People 2030 Objectives. ICYMI a video of this webinar is now available.