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Vision and Overarching Goals of Healthy People 2020

A society in which all people live long, healthy lives.

• Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death

• Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups

• Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all • Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all

life stages

Mission of Healthy People 2020

• Identify nationwide health improvement priorities • Increase public awareness and understanding of the determinants of health,

disease, and disability and the opportunities for progress • Provide measurable objectives and goals that are applicable at the national,

state, and local levels • Engage multiple sectors to take actions to strengthen policies and improve

practices that are driven by the best available evidence and knowledge • Identify critical research, evaluation, and data collection needs

Topics Examples of topics and an example of recommended intervention

• Adolescent health: therapeutic foster care • Cancer: screen for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer • Environmental safety: test older homes for presence of lead paint • Heart disease and stroke: Work site nutrition and physical activity programs • Immunizations and infectious diseases: targeted vaccinations • Mental health and mental disorders: screening for depression in adults • Nutrition and weight status: screening for obesity in children and adolescents • Substance abuse: community interventions to reduce alcohol-impaired driving

Objectives Examples of objectives

• Reduce the annual number of new cases of diagnosed diabetes in the population

• Increase the proportion of persons with health insurance • Reduce infections caused by key pathogens transmitted commonly through food • Increase the proportion of women with a family history of breast and/or ovarian

cancer who receive genetic counseling • Reduce the number of new AIDS cases among adolescents and adults • Increase access to trauma care in the United States

Categories of Measures

• General health status • Determinants of health • Health-related disparities

Source: Data from US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2010).

EXHIBIT 6.2 Healthy People

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Spath, Patrice, and Diane L. Kelly. Applying Quality Management in Healthcare : A Systems Approach, Fourth Edition, Health Administration Press, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/franklin-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5517324. Created from franklin-ebooks on 2023-01-21 17:25:13.

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