Healthy People in Action

This blog post is part of our quarterly series highlighting the work of Healthy People 2030 Champion organizations. Healthy People 2030 Champions are organizations recognized for their work to improve the health and well-being of people in their communities and to help achieve Healthy People 2030’s goals...

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 improve health for all. 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.

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.