Healthy People 2010 served as the national disease prevention and health promotion agenda that included how many national health objectives to be achieved by 2010?

• A. 350 national health objectives to be achieved by the year 2010
• B. 476 national health objectives to be achieved by the year 2010
• C. 600 national health objectives to be achieved by the year 2010
• D. 520 national health objectives to be achieved by the year 2010

Answer: (B)

Healthy People 2010 defined a concrete set of targets to guide national disease prevention and health promotion efforts, using a specific count of objectives to be achieved by 2010. The plan outlined 476 national health objectives, spanning a wide range of topics and settings, each with measurable baselines and targets to track progress over the decade. This breadth reflects how HP 2010 aimed to align activities across federal, state, and local levels and to focus efforts on improving overall health and reducing disparities. The other numbers you might see are simply not the official total from the Healthy People 2010 framework, so 476 best represents the scope of that agenda.