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Healthy People 2010 - Be a Part of the Success
Goals of Healthy People 2010
Components of Healthy People 2010
The Leading Health Indicators |
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Healthy People 2010—Be a Part of the Success |
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Healthy People 2010 is a broad-based collaborative effort among scientific experts in government, private, public, and non-profit organizations. This collaboration, which is managed by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has set national disease prevention and health promotion objectives to be achieved by the year 2010. Healthy People 2010 is designed to serve as a road map for improving the health of all people in the United States. It is a valuable resource in determining how you can participate most effectively in improving the Nation’s health.
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Goals of Healthy People 2010 |
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Healthy People 2010 has two main goals that apply to all of its objectives:
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- To increase the quality and length of healthy life
- To eliminate health disparities among all populations
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Components of Healthy People 2010 |
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Healthy People 2010 features 467 science-based objectives and 10 leading health indicators. These indicators are high-priority public health issues that use a smaller set of objectives to track progress toward meeting the Healthy People 2010 goals. The leading health indicators represent the important determinants of health for the full range of issues in the 28 focus areas of Healthy People 2010. |
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The Leading Health Indicators |
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Each leading health indicator is an important health issue in and of itself. The indicators are intended to help everyone more easily understand how healthy we are as a nation. They are the most important areas in which individuals can make changes to improve their own health and the health of their families and communities. Each indicator depends to some extent on:
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- The information people have about their health and how to make improvements
- Behavioral factors—the choices people make
- Environmental, economic, and social conditions
- Access to health care and the type, amount, and quality of health care people receive
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The 10 leading health indicators are:
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- Responsible Sexual Behavior
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