1. Healthy People 2020

2. What is it?
Goals and objectives that are designed to reach target levels in a ten year time span in order to improve the health of the American people.

3. The Overarching Goals
Attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death
Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups
Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across life stages
Achieve longer, higher qualities of life
Make health care available and fair to all groups
Create environments to promote health
Encourage long-term healthy lifestyles