The Healthy People program is a program that was put in place by the Department of Health and Social Services; it sets and tracks goals for public health and organizes them into topic areas, each representing an important public health area. The program began with goals in 1979, and have since had updated them for Healthy People 2000, Healthy People 2010, and now Healthy People 2020.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention states on their website that this current edition, "includes approximately 1,200 objectives organized into 42 topic areas." Out of these objectives, 911 had established baseline data as well as goals for the future by December 2010. Some objectives that have not yet been given goals are currently being monitored for informational purposes. The remaining objectives were considered developmental, as there were no baseline data for them.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention states on their website that this current edition, "includes approximately 1,200 objectives organized into 42 topic areas." Out of these objectives, 911 had established baseline data as well as goals for the future by December 2010. Some objectives that have not yet been given goals are currently being monitored for informational purposes. The remaining objectives were considered developmental, as there were no baseline data for them.
As
stated by the CDC, the DHHS has
four main goals for Healthy People 2020:
1) "Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death;
2) Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups;
3) Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all;
4) Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.”
1) "Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death;
2) Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups;
3) Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all;
4) Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.”
You
will find some important additions to Healthy People 2020, including
a new Foundation section which, according to the CDC, “addresses
several important health topics: General Health Status,
Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being, Determinants of
Health, and Disparities.”
Objectives
new to Healthy People 2020 also include:
Adolescent
Health
Blood
Disorders and Blood Safety
Dementia,
Including Alzheimer's Disease
Early
and Middle Childhood
Genomics
Global
Health
Healthcare-Associated
Infections
Health-Related
Quality of Life & Well-Being
Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health
Older
Adults
Preparedness
Sleep
Health
Social
Determinants of Health
More
information on the Healthy People 2020 Topics and Objectives can be
found at:
http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/default.aspx
Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Healthy People 2020. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people/hp2020.htm
