Healthier America Project

Our Vision for a Healthier America
One hundred thirty-five organizations have signed onto this call for action.

A Healthier America: A New Vision and Agenda
A more detailed discussion for how to achieve a National Prevention Strategy

A Blueprint for Healthier America

TFAH receives $7.6 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Support the Healthier America Project
Read the press release

A Healthier America Summit
View webcasts of TFAH's June 2007 event, featuring Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN), former Gov. Mark Warner (D-VA), and a Fred Friendly Seminar on pandemic flu preparedness hosted by Jeff Greenfield of CBS News.

The Healthier America Project: A Blueprint for a Healthier America presented by TFAH Executive Director Jeffrey Levi at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA).

10 Top Priorities for Prevention

TFAH has identified 10 Top Priorities for a National Prevention Strategy:

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• Promoting Disease Prevention
• Combating the Obesity Epidemic
• Preventing Tobacco Use and Exposure
• Preventing and Controlling Infectious Diseases
• Preparing for Potential Health Emergencies and Bioterrorism Attacks
• Recognizing the Relationship Between Health and U.S. Economic Competitiveness
• Safeguarding the Nation's Food Supply
• Planning for Changing Health Care Needs of Seniors
• Improving the Health of Low-Income and Minority Communities
• Reducing Environmental Threats

And a crosscutting recommendation for:
• Holding Government Accountable for Protecting the Health of Americans

America should strive to be the healthiest nation in the world. Every American should have the opportunity to be as healthy as he or she can be. Every community should be safe from threats to its health. And all individuals and families should have a high level of services that protect, promote, and preserve their health, regardless of who they are or where they live.

That's why Trust for America's Health is leading the Healthier America Project. One hundred thirty-five organizations have joined together to support a consensus document entitled, "Our Vision for a Healthier America." The Healthier America Project will advance that vision, harnessing the ideas and experience of people from every level of government in partnership with business and community leaders, and establish a blueprint for how to modernize the public health system.