Healthy People

As childhood vaccination rates decline in the U.S., the urgency to help parents and caregivers understand the truth about the role vaccines play in supporting children’s health is all the more imperative. With the start of the new school year, doing so becomes even more relevant if we are to avoid outbreaks of preventable diseases.

Registration is now open for the next Healthy People 2030 webinar: Healthy People 2030: Empowering Diabetes Prevention, Treatment, and Management. This webinar will take place on Wednesday, September 25 from 11:00 am ET to 12:00 pm ET. Continuing Education Credits are available for those who register and attend the live webinar.

Healthy Northeast Ohio is a web-based repository for population health data that serves 9 counties in Ohio. With frequently updated local and state data — plus a suite of tools to help users understand that data — the platform aims to give public health departments, hospitals, and other partners in the region insights into their community’s health status to guide decision-making. Healthy Northeast Ohio includes Healthy People 2030 targets to allow users to see, at a glance, how local data compare to national targets.

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.