Healthy People 2010
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TL;DR: This column is devoted to informing occupational and environmental health nurses about an under used resource, Healthy People 2010, which provides the basis for all health programs in the United States.
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Abstract: ABOUT Dr. Lusk is Professor and Director, Occupational THE Health Nursing Program, Division of Promotion SECTION and Risk Reduction Programs, The University of EDITOR: Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI. N onn allY, this column presents critiques of research studies focused on effectiveness of interventions. Implications of their findings for occupational and environmental health nursing practice are then presented. However, this column is instead devoted to informing occupational and environmental health nurses about an under used resource, Healthy People 2010. Unfortunately, this valuable document is a well kept secret. Graduate students in our school of nursing usually indicate they have never heard of it. Yet it provides the basis for all health programs in the United States.
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