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Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services convened the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020 (Secretary’s Advisory Committee) to produce recommendations regarding the development and implementation of Healthy People 2020. Read reports and recommendations from the committee below.

Phase I Report

Read the Phase I Report: Recommendations for the Framework and Format of Healthy People 2020.

Download entire report in a PDF file [1.7 MB]

Phase II Recommendations and Reports

Read the Committee's Report on Evidence-Based Clinical and Public Health: Generating and Applying the Evidence.

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Read the Committee's Recommendations on Action Steps and Evidence for Healthy People 2020.

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Read the Committee's Recommendations for Implementing Healthy People 2020.

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Read the Committee's Report on Healthy People 2020: An Opportunity to Address Societal Determinants of Health.

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