Terminology
Examples
Healthy People 2030
100

A group of people with a shared identity, including: living in a particular geographic area, having some level of social interaction, sharing a sense of belonging, or having common political or social responsibilities.

What is Community?

100

Fast Food Restaurants, Liquor Stores, Unsafe/Limited Parks, Poor Performing Schools, Increased Pollution and Toxic Waste Sites, Limited Public Transportation.

What is an example of Poor Health Status?

100

Promote healthy development, healthy behaviors, and well-being across all life stages.

What is Healthy People 2030's Goal?

200

Differences in the incidence and prevalence of health conditions and health status between groups, based on: race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender, disability status, and geographic location.

What is Health Disparities?

200

(DAILY DOUBLE) 

Absence of discrimination based upon social status/other factors.

What is an example of Health Equity?

200

A society in which all people can achieve their full potential for health and well-being across the lifespan.

What is Healthy People 2030's Vision?

300

Systematic and unjust distribution of social, economic, and environmental conditions needed for health.

What is Health Inequities?

300

Infant Mortality: In 2002, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) deaths among American Indian and Alaska Natives was 2.3 times the rate for non-Hispanic white mothers.

What is an example of Health Disparities?

300

Eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain health literacy to improve the health and well-being of all.

What is Healthy People 2030's Goal?

400

The opportunity for everyone to attain his or her full health potential. No one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of his or her social position or other socially determined circumstance.

What is Health Equity?

400

Unequal access to quality education, healthcare, housing, transportation, other resources (e.g., grocery stores, car seats).

What is an example of Health Inequities?

400

To promote, strengthen and evaluate the Nation’s efforts to improve the health and well-being of all people.

What is Healthy People 2030's Mission?

500

Life-enhancing resources, whose distribution across populations effectively determines length and quality of life.

What is Social Determinants of Health?

500

Food supply, housing, economic and social relationships, transportation, education, and health care.

What is an example of Social Determinants of Health?

500

Attain healthy, thriving lives and well-being, free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.

What is Healthy People 2030's Goals

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