The goal to ‘eliminate health disparities’ is one of the two overarching goals of the document Healthy People 2010. Healthy People provides a comprehensive set of national 10-year health promotion and disease prevention objectives aimed at improving the health of all Americans. As the year 2010 approaches, a new document, Health People 2020, is being formed.
Healthy People 2020 will continue in the tradition of its predecessors to define the vision and strategy for building a healthier Nation and will still include the overarching goal of achieving health equity by eliminating disparities. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is currently seeking public input from communities across the country on the draft set of proposed objectives for Healthy People 2020. To voice your ideas CLICK HERE.
Wow, that is an incredible goal! Imagine all that we would have accomplished when it gets reached. So many people will be helped and have an equal opportunity to be healthy. We are so blessed to have those options open to us!
By: morganjs on November 17, 2009
at 7:25 am
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By: Miroslav on October 21, 2011
at 11:21 pm