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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Community

Goal: Promote health and safety in community settings.

Adults and children have a picnic on a blanket in a field of grass.

A person’s community can have a major impact on their health and well-being. Healthy People 2030 focuses on ways organizations, businesses, schools, and residents can help build healthier communities. 

Community organizations that provide preventive health care services can help improve health and well-being. Businesses can also help keep people safe and healthy — like by making sure employees use protective gear when needed and taking steps to make workplaces safer.  

Schools and community organizations can play an important role in helping children and adolescents stay healthy. For example, giving children and adolescents opportunities to play sports can help them get more physical activity. 

Objective Status

  • 0 Target met or exceeded
  • 2 Improving
  • 1 Little or no detectable change
  • 5 Getting worse
  • 2 Baseline only
  • 7 Developmental
  • 4 Research

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Related Objectives

The following is a sample of objectives related to this topic. Some objectives may include population data.

Community — General

Increase the number of community organizations that provide prevention services — ECBP‑D07
Developmental

Cancer

Reduce the proportion of students in grades 9 through 12 who report sunburn — C‑10
Getting worse

Emergency Preparedness

Increase the rate of bystander CPR for non-traumatic cardiac arrests — PREP‑01
Improving
Increase the rate of bystander AED use for non-traumatic cardiac arrests in public places — PREP‑02
Improving

Foodborne Illness

Prevent an increase in the proportion of macrolide antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter infections — FS‑06
Baseline only
Reduce the number of food allergy reactions requiring emergency treatment — FS‑D07
Developmental

Heart Disease and Stroke

Increase the proportion of adult stroke survivors who participate in rehabilitation services — HDS‑D05
Developmental

Nutrition and Healthy Eating

Reduce household food insecurity and hunger  — NWS‑01
LHI label
Getting worse
Increase the proportion of eligible students participating in the Summer Food Service Program — AH‑R03
Research

Physical Activity

Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who play sports — PA‑12
Getting worse

Public Health Infrastructure

Increase the proportion of local jurisdictions that have a health improvement plan — PHI‑05
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of state and territorial jurisdictions that have a health improvement plan — PHI‑04
Getting worse
Increase the proportion of tribal communities that have a health improvement plan — PHI‑08
Baseline only
Explore the impact of community health assessment and improvement planning efforts — PHI‑R09
Research
Explore the impact of public health accreditation and national standards — PHI‑R10
Research

Safe Food Handling

Increase the proportion of delis where employees wash their hands properly — FS‑D08
Developmental
Increase the proportion of delis where surfaces that touch food are properly cleaned and sanitized — FS‑D09
Developmental
Increase the proportion of delis where foods are refrigerated at a safe temperature — FS‑D10
Developmental
Increase the proportion of delis where hot foods are kept at a safe temperature — FS‑D11
Developmental

Sensory or Communication Disorders

Understand factors that impact use of protective eyewear in occupational and recreational settings — V‑R02
Research

Social and Community Context

Increase the proportion of the voting-age citizens who vote — SDOH‑07
Getting worse

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