Public Health Projects
Healthy People 2020 Topic Areas
The Topic Areas of Healthy People 2020 identify and group objectives of related content, highlighting specific issues and populations. Each Topic Area is assigned to one or more lead agencies within the federal government that is responsible for developing, tracking, monitoring, and periodically reporting on objectives.
- Access to Health Services
- Adolescent Health
- Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic Back Conditions
- Blood Disorders and Blood Safety
- Cancer
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Dementias, Including Alzheimer’s Disease
- Diabetes
- Disability and Health
- Early and Middle Childhood
- Educational and Community-Based Programs
- Environmental Health
- Family Planning
- Food Safety
- Genomics
- Global Health
- Healthcare-Associated Infections
- Health Communication and Health Information Technology
- Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being
- Hearing and Other Sensory or Communication Disorders
- Heart Disease and Stroke
- HIV
- Immunization and Infectious Diseases
- Injury and Violence Prevention
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health
- Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
- Medical Product Safety
- Mental Health and Mental Disorders
- Nutrition and Weight Status
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Older Adults
- Oral Health
- Physical Activity
- Preparedness
- Public Health Infrastructure
- Respiratory Diseases
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Sleep Health
- Social Determinants of Health
- Substance Abuse
- Tobacco Use
- Vision
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services November 2010 www.healthypeople.gov
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