HEALTH THE BASICS
HEALTH THE BASICS
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ISBN: 9780135214176
Author: Donatelle
Publisher: PEARSON
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Healthy People 2020 is a(n)

  1. a. blueprint for health actions designed to improve health in the United States.
  2. b. projection for life expectancy rates in the United States in the year 2020.
  3. c. international plan for achieving health priorities for the environment by the year 2020.
  4. d. set of specific goals that states must achieve in order to receive federal funding for health care.
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