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Healthy
People 2010
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Healthy
People 2010 is the federal government's prevention agenda for
building a healthier nation. It is a statement of national health
objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats
to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats. It is
designed to achieve two major overarching goals—to increase the quality
and years of Americans' healthy life and to eliminate disparities in the
burden of disease. The plan contains 467 objectives that are organized
into 28 focus areas. There are 16 objectives regarding heart disease and
stroke specifically, and more in related areas that are relevant to heart
disease and stroke.
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The Healthy People 2010 midcourse review report is now available
on the Healthy People Web site at:
http://www.healthypeople.gov/data/midcourse/default.htm#pubs.
See the Healthy People
2010: Focus Area 12 — Heart Disease and Stroke
objectives.
See data on Progress Towards HealthyPeople 2010—Data
2010.
CDC and the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute are working together on the nation's Healthy
People 2010 objectives to combat heart disease and stroke. In doing
so, they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the American
Heart Association and the following federal agencies to speed progress
toward meeting the goals set forth in Healthy People 2010:
- National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention)
- National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Institute
of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the NIH
- Center for Medicare
and Medicaid Services
- Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and
Science
- Office of the
Surgeon General, Office of Public Health and Science (Department of
Health and Human Services)
The Memorandum of
Understanding establishes four areas of mutual interest for achieving the Healthy
People 2010 objectives:
- Prevent the
development of risk factors for heart disease and
stroke
- Detect and treat
risk factors for heart disease and stroke
- Achieve early
identification and treatment of cardiovascular disease and stroke,
especially in their acute phases
- Prevent the
recurrence and complications of heart disease and stroke
For more information on
Healthy People 2010, including publications available for
downloading, please see the Healthy
People 2010 Web site.
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Date last reviewed:
01/08/2007
Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke
Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
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