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View Post: AHRQ Innovations Exchange
Healthy People 2010 Oral Health Toolkit
27 Oct 2009 ...
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View Post: 2008 Childhood Vaccination Rates Stable, Near Healthy People 2010 ...
16 Sep 2009 by ann@aafp.org  
Childhood immunization rates in the United States are high and remained relatively stable last year, says a new report from the CDC, but a disparity exists between rates among children in families living below the poverty line and those ...
View Blog: AAFP News Now - http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now.html

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View Post: Advocacy Project: Healthy People/THOMAS
16 Nov 2009 by Rita @ Rita's Realm  
However, for children 6-19 years olds, the prevalence was 50% lower in white non-Hispanic populations than the Mexican American and black non-Hispanic populations combined (Healthy People 2010). Opportunities and Challenges: ...
View Blog: Rita's Realm - http://ritasrealm.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Advocacy Project: Healthy People/THOMAS
16 Nov 2009 by Karly@Karlys Karing Habitat  
Many barriers have made it difficult to reach the 2010 goal. As stated on Healthy People 2010-" The lack of evidence-based practices for physical activity programs targeting select populations continues to challenge public health ...
View Blog: Karly's Karing Habitat - http://karlyskaringhabitat.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Eliminating health disparities: What works? - November 2009
19 Nov 2009 by De Sube  
As noted by the widely respected Healthy People 2010 Companion Document for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health, “… a significant barrier to LGBT people accessing needed care is the lack of provider LGBT competency and the ...
View Blog: Trans Talk - http://destrantalk.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Advocacy Project: Healthy People/THOMAS
16 Nov 2009 by Ashley @ Ashley's Green Lily Pad  
Healthy People 2010 has a category of Oral Health; which is what field I will be obtaining my second degree. I figured since I'm extremely interested in that topic I would search there first. I came across "Increase the proportion of ...
View Blog: Ashley's Green Lily Pad - http://ashleysgreenlilypad.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Advocacy Project: Healthy People/THOMAS
15 Nov 2009 by Amanda @Amandas Water Bottle Watch  
Healthy People 2010 Goal of Interest I chose to do my advocacy project on the Access to Quality Health Services Objective: "To reduce the proportion of families that experience difficulties or delays in obtaining health care or do not ...
View Blog: AmandasWaterBottleWatch - http://amandaswaterbottlewatch.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Kristin's Green World: Advocacy Project: Healthy People/THOMAS
16 Nov 2009 by Kristin at Kristin's Green World  
Healthy People 2010 Goal of Interest: I chose to do my Advocacy Project on Reducing Tobacco Use by Adolescents. Objective: Reduction in Tobacco Use by Students in Grades 9 Through 12. Target: 21% Baseline: 40% of students Grades 9 ...
View Blog: Kristin's Green World - http://kristinsgreenworld.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Advocacy Project: Healthy People/THOMAS
16 Nov 2009 by Hailey @ Hailey's Health Environment  
Out of Healthy People 2010 under the Environmental Health category , nine objectives and sub-objectives either met or exceeded their targets. 8-29 (my goal) was one of those nine! This is great but I believe that progress needs to ...
View Blog: Hailey's Healthy Environment - http://haileyshealthyenvironment.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Childhood Obesity: A National Health Disaster in the Making?
11 Jul 2009
This discouraging trend emphasizes the failure of policies aimed at healthful nutrition and physical activity, and suggests the country is unlikely to achieve the health goals set forth by Healthy People 2010—an effort aimed at reducing ...
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