National Prevention Strategy: America’s Plan For Better Health And Wellness

In June 2011, the federal National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council released a report outlining a National Prevention Strategy. The National Prevention Council comprises 17 heads of departments, agencies, and offices across the Federal government who are committed to promoting prevention and wellness. This Strategy focuses on both increasing the length of people’s lives and ensuring that people’s lives are healthy and productive. Currently Americans can expect to live 78 years, but only 69 of these years would be spent in good health. Implementing the National Prevention Strategy can increase both the length and quality of . . .