The Healthy People objectives are the foundation for many federal prevention initiatives. Select a topic area, government office, or initiative to begin exploring Topic areas marked "new" were not included in Healthy People 2010. Whenever possible, objectives and data include a link to the related information in Healthy People In December 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services launched Healthy People 2020, which has four overarching goals: Attain high-quality, longer Healthy People 2020 Structured Evidence Queries Practice Informed by Research. This resource provides pre-formulated PubMed search strategies to find published Healthy People provides science-based, national goals and objectives with 10-year targets designed to guide national health promotion and disease Healthy North Carolina 2020: A Better State of Health (PDF, 7.3 MB) - These are the final 2020 focus areas, objectives and targets for our state.This webpage provides information about the women, adolescent and child-related objectives of the federal Healthy People 2020 initiative.1 Public Health Reviews, Vol. 35, No 1 A Perspective on the Development of the Healthy People 2020 Framework for Improving U.S. Population Health