Healthy People 2020

Healthy People 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. The Healthy People objectives are set every ten years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as health goals for the Nation for the decade ahead. Healthy People 2020 focuses on 39 topic areas, each of which has an overview, objectives, and interventions and resources detailed on this web site. Take a look at this resource by visiting our Health Care Planning, Organization, and Evaluation Resources and Federal Agencies and Resources web pages.