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The Iowa Department of Public Health utilized Healthy People 2020 to develop the Healthy Iowans state health plan. [3] Progress towards objectives is updated regularly and can be seen on their website, where data has shown that between 2010 and 2014, 14 of the 26 indicators have met their targets as part of the Healthy People 2020 plan. [4]
In 2013, 76.5% of US women had ever breastfed their children; 16.4% exclusively breastfed up to six months of age. The Healthy People 2020 target for exclusive breastfeeding at six months is 25.5%. [8] The proportion of infants who were breastfed exclusively or non-exclusively at six months was 35% in 2000 and increased to 49% by 2010. [8]
Increasing use of highly effective contraceptives could help meet the goal set forward in Healthy People 2020 to decrease unintended pregnancy by 10%. [5] Cost to the user is one factor preventing many US women from using more effective contraceptives. [5]
Researchers found that people worldwide live 9.6 years longer than they are healthy — and in the U.S. the gap is more than 12 years. ... the study doesn’t include data from 2020 through the ...
The Healthy People 2010 Program, a nationwide set of goals for health promotion and disease prevention, set a goal that by 2010, 90% of mothers, both of high and low incomes, would be able to access adequate care early. The 2020 Healthy People goal for prenatal care is that 77.6% of pregnant females receive early and adequate prenatal care; 70% ...
This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. Ah, New Year’s Day. You can set goals at any time of year, of course, but the new year provides that extra rush of motivation. A ...
2. Exercising Daily. Like a healthy diet, maintaining a high level of physical fitness can help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight and a better quality of life.
The challenge that public health interventions face is generalizability: what may work in one community may not work in others. However, there is the development of Healthy People 2020 that has national objectives aimed to accomplish in 10 years to improve the health of all Americans. [citation needed]