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Legal and policy approaches can be important tools for achieving healthier communities. A new report—The Role of Law and Policy in Achieving Healthy People’s Disability and Health Goals around Access to Health Care, Activities Promoting Health and Wellness, Independent Living and Participation, and Collecting Data in the United States—provides evidence-based information and identifies priority areas that can help communities achieve Healthy People 2020 objectives...

Move Your Way is the promotional campaign for the second edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Now, ODPHP is making it easy to customize Move Your Way resources through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) State and Community Health Media Center. The Move Your Way campaign offers easy-to-understand physical activity resources in English and Spanish, including fact sheets, posters, videos, and interactive tools...

POSTPONED – Due to an abundance of caution and in accordance with the national emergency declaration concerning COVID-19, the Healthy People 2030 launch event has been postponed. Please sign up for email updates to receive notification when the event is rescheduled. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will unveil the latest edition of Healthy People! The event is at the George Washington University, and you can attend in person or via webcast...

We’re excited to announce that MyHealthfinder is now live at its new home on health.gov! The move is part of website updates that ODPHP has recently implemented to better deliver up-to-date health information to our key audiences. MyHealthfinder is a prevention and wellness resource that health professionals can recommend to individuals and families...