Building a Healthier Future Through School Health Programs

Healthy People 2010

Healthy People 2010 outlines 467 national health objectives, of which 107 are directed specifically toward adolescents and young adults (i.e., 10- to 24-year-olds). Among these 107 objectives, 21 are identified as "critical" on the basis of two criteria: 1) they involve critical health outcomes or behaviors that contribute to them, and 2) state-level data necessary to measure progress in meeting the objective are available or soon will be.⁴