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7.   Educational and Community-Based Programs

Goal: Increase the quality, availability, and effectiveness of educational and community-based programs designed to prevent disease and improve health and quality of life.

Objective numbers in bold with an asterisk (*) indicate the objectives with proposed change(s).

Objective Number Objective Short Title
School Setting
7-1High school completion
7-2School health education
7-3Health-risk behavior information for college and university students
7-4*School nurse-to-student ratio
Worksite Setting
7-5Worksite health promotion programs
7-6Participation in employer-sponsored health promotion activities
Health Care Setting
7-7*Patient and family education
7-8*Satisfaction with patient education
7-9*Health care organization sponsorship of community health promotion activities
Community Setting and Select Populations
7-10*Community health promotion programs
7-11*Culturally appropriate and linguistically competent community health promotion programs
7-12Older adult participation in community health promotion activities

Display all objectives in Focus Area 7.

Read Healthy People focus area 7 Educational and Community-Based Programs in Healthy People 2010.


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