Objectives, Strategies & Actions


Experts from the State of Alaska and ANTHC meet to discuss strategies for objective 3: water fluoridation

Each of the following objectives contains tangible strategies and actions that can be adopted by organizations, communities and entities across the state who are invested in achieving the 2030 targets. See the full list of strategies, action steps, and partners by clicking on a specific health objective below:

Chronic Disease
  1. Reduce the cancer mortality rate per 100,000 population
Environmental Health
  1. Increase the percentage of rural community housing units with water and sewer services
  2. Increase the percentage of the Alaskan population served by community water systems with optimally fluoridated water
Healthcare Access
  1. Increase the proportion of women who receive prenatal care beginning in the first trimester.
  2. Reduce the percentage of adults (aged 18 years and older) reporting that they could not afford to see a doctor in the last 12 months
  3. Reduce the rate of preventable hospitalizations per 1,000 adults (hospitalizations that could have been prevented with high quality primary and preventive care) based on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) definition
  4. Increase the percentage of 3-year-olds who have had a well-child checkup in the last 12 months
  5. Reduce the percentage of the population without health insurance
Healthy Weight
  1. Increase the percentage of children (students in grades K-8) who meet criteria for healthy weight
Infectious Disease
  1. Increase the vaccination coverage level of 4 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine among children by age 2 years
  2. Reduce the incidence rate of gonorrhea per 100,000 population
Injury Prevention
  1. Reduce the unintentional injury mortality rate per 100,000 population
Mental Health
  1. Reduce the percentage of adolescents (high school students in grades 9-12) who felt so sad or hopeless every day for 2 weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities during the past 12 months
  2. Reduce the mean number of days in the past 30 days adults (aged 18 years and older) report being mentally unhealthy
Nutrition
  1. Reduce the percentage of 3-year-olds who drink any sugary drinks on a given day
Physical Activity
  1. Increase the percentage of adolescents (high school students in grades 9-12) who meet the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (2008 US DHHS Physical Activity Guidelines: adolescents who do at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, every day of the week)
Protective Factors
  1. Increase the percentage of adolescents (high school students in grades 9-12) with 3 or more adults (besides their parent(s)) who they feel comfortable seeking help from
  2. Increase the percentage of adolescents (high school students in grades 9-12) who feel like they matter to people in their community
Social Determinants of Health
  1. Increase the percent of high school students who graduate within 4 years of starting 9th grade
  2. Reduce the percentage of rental occupied households that exceed 50 percent of household income dedicated to housing
  3. Increase the percentage of residents (all ages) living above the federal poverty level (as defined for AK)
Substance Misuse
  1. Reduce the alcohol-induced mortality rate per 100,000
  2. Reduce the drug-induced mortality rate per 100,000
  3. Reduce the percentage of adults needing but not receiving substance use disorder treatment
Suicide Prevention
  1. Reduce the suicide mortality rate per 100,000 population
Tobacco Use
  1. Reduce the percentage of adolescents (high school students in grades 9-12) who have used electronic vapor products, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, or other tobacco products in the last 30 days
  2. Reduce the percentage of adults (aged 18 and older) who currently smoke cigarettes or use electronic vapor products, smokeless tobacco, or other tobacco products
Violence Prevention
  1. Reduce the percentage of repeated substantiated child maltreatment within last 12 months
  2. Reduce the rate of reported and attempted rape per 100,000 population
  3. Reduce the percentage of adolescents (high school students in grades 9-12) who were ever hit, slammed into something, injured with an object or weapon, or physically hurt on purpose by someone they were dating or going out with during the past 12 months

Most of the strategies outlined in the Healthy Alaskans 2030 plan are aligned with health topic specific statewide plans, programs and organizations, which are as follows:

News Bulletins

Healthy Alaskans releases scorecards assessing Alaska’s health progress for 2020 and a health improvement plan for 2030 that sets goals for the next decade

February 4, 2021

State Health Improvement Plan, Healthy Alaskans 2030 (HA2030), Draft for Public Comment Released

August 5, 2020

Healthy Alaskans 2030 Sets Framework for Alaska’s Health Goals; Strengthening communities and empowering individuals

January 22, 2020

Healthy Alaskans 2020 successes

December 9, 2019

Healthy Alaskans 2030 launches in January 2020. How do the Leading Health Indicators get chosen?

November 1, 2019