Healthy People 2020 Flashcards
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What is Healthy People?
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Healthy People is a set of goals and objectives with 10-year targets designed to guide national health promotion and disease prevention efforts to improve the health of all people in the United States.
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Who are the creators?
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US Dept of Health and Human services. Released every 10 years.
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What are the contents?
A
Communicate objectives and provide science-based benchmarks to track and monitor health progress in the USA
4
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How is it used?
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As a tool for strategic management, its objective and targets is used to measure progress for health issues, and serves as
- -foundation for prevention and wellness
- -model for measurement at state and local levels
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Mission
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Goals
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- -Attain high quality long lives
- -Equity in health among all groups
- -Create social and physical environments that promote health
- -Promote health and quality of life across all life stages
