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In September 1990, the Department of Health and    Human Services released *Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease    Prevention Objectives,* a strategy for improving the health of Americans by the end of    the century.  Healthy People 2000 contains 319 unduplicated main objectives grouped    into **22    priority areas**.   Because some priority areas share identical    objectives, there is a total of 376 objectives including duplicates.

The first 21 areas pertain to health    promotion, health protection, and preventive services. Area 22, Surveillance and Data    Systems, addresses the development of an infrastructure to track the objectives and to    identify and evaluate emerging public health issues at the national, State, and local    levels. 

NCHS is responsible for monitoring the    Nation's progress toward the objectives, using NCHS and other data sources. Progress    reports are published annually in the **Healthy    People 2000 Review**series. 

Although the objectives are national,    their achievement will be accomplished primarily through State and local efforts. Thus,    building State capacity to evaluate need and assess progress is an important component of    the NCHS Year 2000 program. State support activities will include training, technical    assistance, development of software products for State and local health agencies, and, as    available, funding. 

Regularly scheduled Healthy People 2000 **progress    reviews** provide the Assistant Secretary for Health with a means to track the    objectives and manage their implementation. The agency with lead responsibility for the    given priority area presents the review, assisted by members of the interagency work group    for that priority area and invited State agency and private organization representatives. 

Specific population    progress reviews document data issues, barriers, and strategies to achieving the    objectives, as well as implementation efforts underway to reach the specific population    targets. 

Spreadsheet files containing Healthy    People 2000 **Health    Status Indicators**, **Priority    Data Needs**, **Selected    Mortality Objectives**, and **Selected    Natality Objectives** by State are also available on the Centers for Disease    Control and Prevention (CDC) **ftp    server**. 

****Progress Reviews for    Healthy People 2000 Objectives******Clinical Preventive Services****Diabetes and Chronic Disabling Conditions****Educational and Community-based Programs****Family Planning****Food and Drug Safety****Heart Disease and Stroke****Immunizations and Infectious Diseases****Maternal and Infant Health****Mental Health and Mental Disorders****Occupational Safety and Health****Oral Health****Unintentional Injuries****Violent and Abusive Behavior**

 

 

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This page last reviewed February 02, 2000

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