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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter from the Surgeon General

Guide for Commenting on Focus Areas and Objectives

A. INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND

1. Introduction
   1. What is Healthy People?
   2. Call for Comments
   3. How Can Organizations and Individuals
      Contribute to Healthy  People?
   4. Schedule of Healthy People 2010 Development
2. Background
   1. Leading Health Indicators
   2. Criteria for Objectives Development
   3. Types of Objectives
   4. Data Issues
   5. The Secretary's Council on National Health
      Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives
   6. The Healthy People Steering Committee
   7. Healthy People Work Group Coordinators
   8. Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in This Book

B. GOALS

1. Increase Quality and Years of Healthy Life
2. Eliminate Health Disparities

Figure: Healthy People 2010, Healthy People
in Healthy Communities

C. OBJECTIVES

Promote Healthy Behaviors

1. Physical Activity and Fitness
2. Nutrition
3. Tobacco Use

Promote Healthy and Safe Communities

4. Educational and Community-Based Programs
5. Environmental Health
6. Food Safety
7. Injury/Violence Prevention

   a. Injuries That Cut Across Intent
   b. Unintentional Injuries
   c. Violence and Abuse

8. Occupational Safety and Health
9. Oral Health

Improve Systems for Personal and Public Health

10. Access to Quality Health Services

a. Preventive Care
b. Primary Care
c. Emergency Services
d. Long-Term Care and Rehabilitative Services

11. Family Planning
12. Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
13. Medical Product Safety
14. Public Health Infrastructure
15. Health Communication

Prevent and Reduce Diseases and Disorders

16. Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic Back Conditions
17. Cancer
18. Diabetes
19. Disability and Secondary Conditions
20. Heart Disease and Stroke
21. HIV
22. Immunization and Infectious Diseases
23. Mental Health and Mental Disorders
24. Respiratory Diseases
25. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
26. Substance Abuse