Healthy People 2000 midcourse revisions: a compendium.

As part of the continuing evaluation of the health of Americans, a midcourse review of the Healthy People 2000 objectives (1) added several new objectives and identified changes to some of the objectives released in 1990 (2). The midcourse review also documented numerous previous revisions to Healthy People 2000 baselines (3) and the setting of new targets for some objectives. The purpose of this Statistical Note is to indicate the changes in the year 2000 objectives between Healthy People 2000 (2), released in 1990, and the Healthy People 2000 Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions (1), released in 1995. Refer to the complete documents for specific details of the changes. Beginning in the fall of 1993 and culminating in the publication of the Healthy People 2000 Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions 2 years later, a review of the Healthy People 2000 health promotion and disease prevention initiative was coordinated by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. During the initial phase of the review, Public Health Service (PHS) workgroups met to consider new data, new information, and new science that had become available since the release of Healthy People 2000 in 1990. Agencies suggested new objectives, modified existing objectives, and created new special population subobjectives. The criteria for drafting new objectives included in the Healthy People 2000 Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions followed the same eight criteria used in 1989–90 to draft the initial year 2000 objectives (1):