Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health is part of the Healthy People 2010 initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Leadership and direction were provided by David Satcher and Nicole Lurie. Development of Healthy People 2010 has been coordinated by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion under the leadership of Claude Earl Fox, Susanne A. Stoiber, Linda D. Meyers, and Randolph F. Wykoff.
Principal responsibility for Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health was carried out by Mark S. Smolinski. Critical editorial and technical support were provided by Carter Blakey, Mary Jo Deering, Matthew Guidry, Deborah R. Maiese, Linda D. Meyers, Janice T. Radak, Kelly H. Woodward, and Randolph F. Wykoff. Special thanks are due to David Atkins, Linda A. Bailey, Ron Davis, Kate-Louise Gottfried, James Harrell, J. Michael McGinnis, Kevin Patrick, Scott C. Ratzan, Dirk Ruwaard, Susanne A. Stoiber, and Tom Vischi.
Statistical advice and data development were provided by staff of the Division of Health Promotion Statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which included Jeanette Guyton‑Krishnan, Elizabeth Jackson, Richard J. Klein, Cheryl Rose, Colleen Ryan, J. Fred Seitz, Thomas Socey, Kathleen Turczyn, Jennie Wald, and Jean Williams, under the leadership of Diane K. Wagener.
Research of the literature and other resources was provided by preventive medicine residents and medical students: Madhavi Battineni, Joy L. Bottoms, Wayne Brandes, Dominic Cheung Chow, Penny Shelton-Hoffman, Robin McFee, J. Patrick Moulds, Alex Nettles, Elpidoforos Soteriades, Peter Thornquist, Edward Van Oeveren, Stephanie Weller, and Amanda Williams.
The development of the Leading Health Indicators was guided by an interagency work group and the Healthy People Steering Committee, which included Lois Albarelli, David R. Arday, David Atkins, Delton Atkinson, Linda A. Bailey, Olivia Carter-Pokras, Lynn Cates, Melissa H. Clarke, Marsha G. Davenport, Tuei Doong, Margaret Gilliam, Chuck Gollmar, William R. Harlan, James Harrell, Suzanne G. Haynes, Wanda K. Jones, Diane Justice, Nicole Lurie, Evelyn Kappeler, Richard J. Klein, Mary Ann MacKenzie, John Monahon, J. Henry Montes, Paul W. Nannis, Eileen Parish, Kate Rickard, Carol Roddy, Theresa Rogers, Dorita Sewell, Mary Beth Skupien, Philip B. Smith, Mark S. Smolinski, Christine G. Spain, Matthew Stagner, Irma Tetzloff, Betsy L. Thompson, Martina Vogel-Taylor, and Diane K. Wagener. Important contributions were provided by the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2010, which included Susan Allan, Roger Bulger, Carole A. Chrvala, Donna D. Duncan, Neal Halfon, Barbara S. Hulka, Thomas J. Kean, Kelly Norsingle, Scott C. Ratzan, Stephen C. Schoenbaum, Mark Smith, Shoshanna Sofaer, Kathleen R. Stratton, and Robert B. Wallace.
Production for the Conference Edition was handled by staff of IQ Solutions, Inc., which included Denise Avery, Ted Buxton, Eleanor Hall, Michael Huddleston, E.J. King‑Carter, James R. Libbey, Josue Martinez, Craig Packer, Meredith Pond, Lisa Smith, and Karen Stroud. Production for the second edition was carried out by staff at Social & Health Services, Ltd., which included Nancy Klein, Mary Moien, Eric Moore, and Arlene Weitzman.
Finally, a sincere debt of gratitude to all contributors to Healthy People 2010, whose efforts greatly enhanced the development of this document.