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- Healthy People 2010 is a strategy developed by the
U.S. Department of Health whose aim is to profoundly improve the quality
of health of the American population with an overarching goal of creating
healthy people in healthy communities
- With input from multiple sources including the Institute
of Medicine and the National Academy of Science, 10 Leading Health
Indicators have been identified as the cornerstone of
Healthy People 2010
- These 10 Health Indicators focus on individual behaviors,
physical and social environmental factors and health system
issues which significantly affect the health of individuals and
communities
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