Healthy People 2010. (Second Edition). Volume 1: Understanding and Improving Health. Objectives for Improving Health (Part A: Focus Areas 1-14)

摘要

We have witnessed a great deal of progress in public health and medicine since our Nation first embarked on the national planning process for the Healthy People initiative. The process began in 1979 with Health People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, which was followed in 1990 by Healthy People 2000. Health People 2010 represents the third time that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has developed 10-year health objectives for the Nation. Healthy People 2010 reflects the scientific advances that have taken place over the past 20 years in preventive medicine, disease surveillance, vaccine and therapeutic development, and information technology. It also mirrors the changing demographics of our country, the changes that have taken place in health care, and the growing impact of global forces on our national health status. Healthy People 2010 incorporates input from a broad cross-section of people. Scientific experts from many Federal agencies took the lead in developing the focus areas and objectives.