August 2023

ODPHP is inviting those who are committed to helping people live healthier lives through increased physical activity to a webinar all about Move Your Way® — the promotional campaign of the second edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. On September 21 from 1 to 2 p.m. ET, we hope you’ll join us for Using the Move Your Way Brand to Promote Physical Activity...

Each month, we feature select National Health Observances (NHOs) that align with our priorities for improving health across the nation. In September, we’re raising awareness about healthy aging, childhood obesity, substance use recovery, sickle cell, and HIV/AIDS. We’ve pulled together some resources to help you spread the word about these NHOs with your audiences...

Reducing emergency department (ED) visits for medication overdoses among children under 5 years of age is a national public health priority. The Healthy People 2030 objective MPS-01 tracks this important issue. The baseline for this Healthy People 2030 objective is 25.6 estimated ED visits per 10,000 children under 5 years of age, which was observed during 2016-2017, and the target rate to be achieved by the end of the decade is 16.6 ED visits per 10,000 children under 5 years of age — an additional 35 percent reduction.