Healthiest Wisconsin 2020: Everyone Living Better, Longer
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Healthiest Wisconsin 2020: Everyone Living Better, Longer
The purpose of this memo is to make all providers aware of the Healthiest
Wisconsin 2020 Plan: Everyone Living Better, Longer. The Department of
Health Services announced on July 21, 2010 that the State Health Plan, Healthiest
Wisconsin 2020: Everyone Living Better, Longer, has been published.
The Plan may be accessed at: http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/hw2020/index.htm
The plan calls for building disease and injury prevention into many
different aspects of community life, including laws and policies, education,
healthcare and even the physical layout of communities. It also stresses the
need to eliminate disparities in health outcomes like infant mortality,
provide fair access to conditions needed for good health, and emphasize
lifelong prevention to achieve the highest quality of life at every age.
The plan emphasizes two big picture goals: eliminating persistent
disparities in health outcomes based on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic
factors, sexual or gender orientation and disability; and focusing on
quality of life for individuals throughout life both by increasing
prevention efforts and providing good care for people with chronic disease
and disabilities.
The Wisconsin Legislature has required the development of a health
improvement plan each decade, starting in 2000. For more information about
the 2020 plan, visit http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/hw2020/,
click on "Entire Document" to access the plan.
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Last Updated: September 30, 2011
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