Purpose of the MeetingInsert Title of Meeting and Date

• Provide an overview of Healthy People 2010 and the Leading Health Indicators

• Discuss approaches and strategies for achieving the objectives of Healthy People 2010

Purpose of the MeetingInsert Title of Meeting and Date

• Provide an overview of Healthy People 2010 and the Leading Health Indicators

What is Healthy People 2010?

• A comprehensive set of national health objectives for the decade

• Developed by a collaborative process

• Designed to measure progress over time

• A public health document that is part strategic plan, part textbook on public health priorities

Healthy PeopleEntering its Third Decade

1979 - Healthy People: The Surgeon General’s Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

1980 - Promoting Health/Preventing Disease:Objectives for the Nation

1990 - Healthy People 2000: National Health

Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives

2000 - Healthy People 2010

Healthy People 2010 Coordination

The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

coordinates

Healthy People 2010

www.health.gov/healthypeople

1-800-367-4725

Healthy People 2010

• Two overarching goals

• 28 focus areas

• 467 specific objectives

• 10 Leading Health Indicators

Healthy People 2010

• Two overarching goals

Overarching Goals ofHealthy People 2010

1. Increase quality and years of healthy life

2. Eliminate health disparities

Healthy People 2010

• Two overarching goals

• 28 focus areas (chapters)

Healthy People 2010 Chapters

1. Access to Quality Health Services

2. Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic Back Conditions

3. Cancer

4. Chronic Kidney Disease

5. Diabetes

6. Disability and Secondary Conditions

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Healthy People 2010 Chapters

7. Educational and Community-Based Programs

8. Environmental Health9. Family Planning10. Food Safety11. Health Communication12. Heart Disease and Stroke13. HIV

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