Arthritis Action Plan

XII. APPENDIX B: Healthy People 2010 Goals

National HP 2010 Goal:

Prevent illness and disability related to arthritis and other rheumatic conditions.

Arthritis-Related Objectives

  • Increase the mean number of days without severe pain among adults who have chronic joint symptoms.
  • Reduce the proportion of adults with chronic joint symptoms who experience a limitation in activity due to arthritis.
  • Reduce the proportion of all adults with chronic joint symptoms who have difficulty in performing two or more personal care activities, thereby preserving independence.
  • Increase the proportion of adults aged 18 years and older with arthritis who seek help in coping if they experience personal and emotional problems.
  • Increase the employment rate among adults with arthritis in the working-age population.
  • Eliminate racial disparities in the rate of total knee replacements.
  • Increase the proportion of adults who have seen a health care provider for their chronic joint symptoms.
  • Increase the proportion of persons with arthritis who have had effective, evidence-based arthritis education as an integral part of the management of their condition.

Related objectives from other focus areas (where persons with arthritis are a targeted subgroup) include the following.

Nutrition and Overweight (Chapter 19)

  • Increase the proportion of adults who are at a healthy weight.
  • Reduce the proportion of adults who are obese.

Physical Activity and Fitness (Chapter 22)

  • Reduce the proportion of adults who engage in no leisure-time physical activity.
  • Increase the proportion of adults who engage regularly, preferably daily, in moderate physical activity for at least 30 minutes per day.
  • Increase the proportion of adults who engage in vigorous physical activity that promotes the development and maintenance of cardio-respiratory fitness three or more days per week for 20 or more minutes per occasion.
  • Increase the proportion of adults who perform physical activities that enhance and maintain muscular strength and endurance.
  • Increase the proportion of adults who perform physical activities that enhance and maintain flexibility.

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