{"id":5739,"date":"2021-04-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nchstats.com\/?p=5739"},"modified":"2021-04-30T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T14:00:00","slug":"podcast-healthy-people-initiative-part-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/2021\/04\/30\/5739\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: Healthy People Initiative, Part Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATCAST, APRIL 2021: DISCUSSION WITH DAVID HUANG, CHIEF, STATISTICIAN, ABOUT HEALTHY PEOPLE INITIATIVE.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"podcast-icon\"HOST:<\/strong>\u00a0 David Huang is the chief of the health promotion statistics branch at NCHS, and serves as the center\u2019s primary statistical advisor on the Healthy People initiative. Healthy People for decades now has been identifying science-based objectives with targets to monitor progress and motivate and focus action aimed at improving the health of the nation.\u00a0 David joined us to discuss the history of the program, what is going on presently, and what the future directions are.<\/p>\n

HOST:<\/strong>\u00a0 So we can expect more products coming in the future \u2013 in the days, weeks, months ahead \u2013 from \u201cHealthy People 2020.\u201d\u00a0 What about any differences between \u201cHealthy People 2030\u201d and \u201c2020\u201d \u2013 what are some of the more distinctive differences?<\/p>\n

DAVID HUANG:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think the main difference is that there was really a concerted effort by the Department and its stakeholders to reduce the size of \u201cHealthy People.\u201d \u201c2020\u201d was becoming very large and in some ways unwieldy, and it was felt that the initiative had grown too large to be really useful for its stakeholders.\u00a0 So as part of these efforts, we went through a process over the past several years where we reduced the size of the initiative itself.\u00a0 We went from about 1100 objectives with data in \u201c2020\u201d to 355 for \u201c2030.\u201d\u00a0 In addition to that, there was also an effort to maintain a better balance and structure across the initiative.\u00a0 So during the development of \u201c2030,\u201d after all of the objectives went through the approval process with the interagency steering committee \u2013 the federal interagency work group -there was actually another group that reviewed the objectives, the slate of objectives as a whole, and looked for balance.\u00a0 And there were actually some objectives that were removed, I think one or two that were added, and that was something that was not part of the \u201c2020\u201d process in terms of looking at the balance of objectives as a whole.\u00a0 As I mentioned earlier, we made sure that the objectives themselves were aligned with the latest science and that included aligning with the latest recommendations, the latest evidence, and also the latest issues that are important in the field of public health, specifically disease prevention and health promotion.<\/p>\n

HOST:<\/strong>\u00a0 Any other future directions that you like to talk about as far as the Healthy People program?<\/p>\n

DAVID HUANG:<\/strong>\u00a0Well of course we\u2019re wrapping up \u201cHealthy People 2020\u201d with the release of a couple of more components that will comprise the rest of the \u201cHealthy People 2020 Final Review.\u201d\u00a0 As part of that work, we\u2019re also working on a Statistical Note on the elimination of health disparities, specifically among racial and ethnic groups, as well as a more formal archive site for both \u201cHealthy People 2020\u201d and \u201cData 2020,\u201d which is the Healthy People 2020 database.\u00a0 Now for \u201cHealthy People 2030,\u201d of course there is a lot to do over the next decade.\u00a0 And we\u2019re working on a variety of interactive tools, infographics, and products, working with our federal partners including ODPHP.\u00a0 And this will start with the launch of our database, \u201cData 2030,\u201d later this year. \u00a0Of note also, our webinars that are related to the leading health indicators and overall health and well-being measures.\u00a0 And finally I\u2019ll note that we are working on a \u201cHealthy People 2030\u201d disparities tool in collaboration with the HHS Office of Minority Health and ODPHP.<\/p>\n

HOST:<\/strong>\u00a0 One question that comes to mind \u2013 for \u201cHealthy People 2030\u201d are there any specific objectives dealing with the pandemic?<\/p>\n

DAVID HUANG:<\/strong>\u00a0 So we don\u2019t have anything that is necessarily directly related to COVID, but certainly as many listeners will be aware there are many risk factors and diseases that are tied to COVID-19, and there\u2019s actually a customized list that the Department has created that has all of the \u201cHealthy People 2030\u201d objectives directly related to COVID and this list is actually available to the public from the \u201cHealthy People 2030\u201d website.<\/p>\n

HOST:<\/strong>\u00a0 Anything else at all that we haven\u2019t covered here that you like to mention?<\/p>\n

DAVID HUANG:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Sure.\u00a0 I actually wanted to mention that in terms of the new decade the branch is actually looking forward to expanding outreach and dissemination efforts throughout the decade, and this is actually possible because we do have a more focused and parsimonious set of objectives in Healthy People 2030.<\/p>\n

HOST:<\/strong>\u00a0 Very good \u2013 well, thank you David for joining us.<\/p>\n

DAVID HUANG:<\/strong>\u00a0 You\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n

MUSIC BRIDGE:<\/p>\n

HOST:<\/strong>\u00a0 Our thanks to David Huang for joining us on this edition of \u201cStatcast.\u201d<\/p>\n

HOST:<\/strong>\u00a0 This week NCHS released a new\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0examining the prevalence of underlying chronic conditions among U.S. adults in the years leading into the pandemic. The analysis helps us understand how many people were at high risk for severe COVID-19 illness going into the pandemic.\u00a0 Seven risk factors were examined: obesity \u2013 in particular severe obesity, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD, serious heart conditions including heart failure, coronary artery disease, and cardiomyopathies, chronic kidney disease or CKD, and smoking.\u00a0 The data come from the 2015-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and showed that 3\/4 of all adults in the U.S. had at least one of these chronic conditions or risk factors that put them at high risk for severe COVID-19 illness, and over 86% of non-Hispanic black adults had one or more of these conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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