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Child-Related Goals and Objectives

 

Healthy People 2010 contains 28 focus areas related to children. Within each subject of focus area there are specific objectives. Healthy People 2010 contains 467 objectives: 100 are specific to children. This chart shows the number of objectives related to each focus area and to children.

 

Area

Chapter

Objective is specific to children/ youth

Objective disproportionately affects children/ youth

Objective includes children/youth

Objective not relevant, or minimally relevant, to children & youth

Total

1

Access to Quality Services

2

3

9

2

16

2

Arthritis etc

 

 

 

11

11

3

Cancer

 

 

5

10

15

4

Chronic Kidney Disease

 

 

8

 

8

5

Diabetes

 

1

8

8

17

6

Disability

2

6

5

13

7

Education & Community Based Programs

4

 

5

3

12

8

Environment

2

1

27

 

30

9

Family Planning

5

 

7

1

13

10

Food Safety

 

 

7

 

7

11

Health Communications- 11

 

 

6

 

6

12

Heart Disease

 

 

 

16

16

13

HIV

1

 

15

1

17

14

Immunizations

9

1

19

2

31

15

Injury

5

7

25

2

39

16

Maternal and Child Health

23

 

 

 

23

17

Medical Product Safety

 

 

5

1

6

18

Mental Health

3

 

6

5

14

19

Nutrition & Overweight

4

2

8

4

18

20

Occupational Health

 

 

 

11

11

21

Oral health

5

3

4

5

17

22

Physical Activity

7

 

2

6

15

23

Infrastructure

 

 

17

 

17

24

Respiratory disease

 

2

6

4

12

25

STD

6

 

12

1

19

26

Substance Abuse

7

 

14

4

25

27

Tobacco

10

1

7

3

21

28

Vision & Hearing

5

1

6

6

18

 

Total

100

22

234

111

467

To get information on specific subject, go to Healthy People 2010 Table of Contents and click on desired section. http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/tableofcontents.htm

To view child-specific and related objectives, visit:

Access to Quality Services http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/Volume1/01Access.htm

Arthritis, Osteoporosis and Chronic Back Conditions http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/Volume1/02Arthritis.htm

Cancer http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/Volume1/03Cancer.htm

Chronic Kidney Disease http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/Volume1/04CKD.htm

Diabetes http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/Volume1/05Diabetes.htm

Disabilities http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/Volume1/06Disability.htm

Education and Community-Based Programs http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/Volume1/07Ed.htm

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