Healthy
People 2010
 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.
See the Healthy People
2010: Focus Area 12 — Heart Disease and Stroke
objectives.
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
CDC is also working
with other partners to achieve the Healthy People goals.
Please see the Healthy
People 2010 heart and stroke partners Web site for more information on
partner activities related to reducing the burden of heart disease and
stroke in the United States.
http://www.heartandstrokepartners.org*
For more information on
Healthy People 2010, including publications available for
downloading, please see the Healthy
People 2010 Web site.
*Links to non–Federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at this link.
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