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Healthy People 2010 (HP2010)

In 1979, the Surgeon General’s Report entitled, HealthyPeople: The Surgeon General’s Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, documented national goals for reducing premature deaths andpreserving independence for older adults.

In 1980, another report, Promoting Health/PreventingDisease: Objectives for the Nation, outlined 226 targeted health objectives for the Nation to achieve over the next 10 years.

Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives (released 1990),identified health improvement goals and objectives to be reached by the year 2000.This was the very first time a National Health Plan was formulated.