Healthy People 2010 Goals
21 Critical Objectives for Adolescents and Young Adults
Mortality | Unintentional Injury | Violence| Mental Health and Substance Abuse| Reproductive Health |Prevention of Chronic Disease
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| Unintentional Injury |
- Reduce deaths caused by motor vehicle crashes
- Reduce deaths and injuries caused by alcohol- and drug-related motor vehicle crashes
- Increase use of safety belts
- Reduce the proportion who report that they rode with a driver who had been drinking alcohol
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| Violence |
- Reduce homicides
- Reduce physical fighting among adolescents
- Reduce weapon carrying on school property
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| Mental Health and Substance Abuse |
- Reduce the suicide rate
- Reduce the rate of suicide attempts that require medical attention
- Reduce the proportion of those with disabilities who are reported to be sad, unhappy, or depressed
- Increase the proportion of those with mental health problems who receive treatment
- Reduce the proportion engaging in binge drinking of alcoholic beverages
- Reduce past-month use of illicit substances (marijuana)
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| Reproductive Health |
- Reduce pregnancies
- Reduce the number of new HIV diagnoses
- Reduce the proportion with Chlamydia trachomatis infections
- Increase the proportion who abstain from sexual intercourse or use condoms if sexually active
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| Prevention of Chronic Disease |
- Reduce tobacco use
- Reduce the proportion who are overweight or obese
- Increase the proportion who engage in vigorous physical activity that promotes cardiorespiratory fitness 3 or more days per week for 20 or more minutes per occasion
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 Adoloscent Health
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