Persuasive Essay On Healthy People 2020
Healthy People 2020
Assignment
1. Access the Healthy People 2020 website by Google search or at:
www.healthypeople2020.gov
2. From the home page: click on ‘2020 Topics & Objectives’.
a. From this page you can peruse the list of 2020 topics.
b. Clicking on a topic will take you to that topic.
3. ASSIGNMENT
a. Choose 5 topics.
b. For each topic write:
i. Name of the TOPIC
ii. GOAL
iii. OVERVIEW (brief, may truncate if necessary)
iv. Explain the reason this topic is IMPORTANT to Healthy People 2020.
v. Reason this topic is important to you.
Maya Johnson
HSHA 262
April …show more content…
Food Safety
Goal: Improve food safety and reduce foodborne illnesses.
Overview: Foodborne illnesses are a burden on public health and contribute significantly to the cost of health care. A foodborne outbreak occurs when 2 or more cases of a similar illness result from eating the same food. In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received reports of a total of 1,270 foodborne disease outbreaks, which resulted in 27,634 cases of illness and 11 deaths.
Important to Healthy People: Foodborne illness is a preventable and underreported public health problem. It presents a major challenge to both general and at-risk populations. Each year, millions of illnesses in the United States can be attributed to contaminated foods.
Important to me: Food safety is important because many people aren’t informed on the correct safety procedures when taking care of food as well as eating it.
4. Heart Disease and Stroke
Goal: Improve cardiovascular health and quality of life through prevention, detection, and treatment of risk factors for heart attack and stroke; early identification and treatment of heart attacks and strokes; and prevention of repeat cardiovascular
Assignment
1. Access the Healthy People 2020 website by Google search or at:
www.healthypeople2020.gov
2. From the home page: click on ‘2020 Topics & Objectives’.
a. From this page you can peruse the list of 2020 topics.
b. Clicking on a topic will take you to that topic.
3. ASSIGNMENT
a. Choose 5 topics.
b. For each topic write:
i. Name of the TOPIC
ii. GOAL
iii. OVERVIEW (brief, may truncate if necessary)
iv. Explain the reason this topic is IMPORTANT to Healthy People 2020.
v. Reason this topic is important to you.
Maya Johnson
HSHA 262
April …show more content…
Food Safety
Goal: Improve food safety and reduce foodborne illnesses.
Overview: Foodborne illnesses are a burden on public health and contribute significantly to the cost of health care. A foodborne outbreak occurs when 2 or more cases of a similar illness result from eating the same food. In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received reports of a total of 1,270 foodborne disease outbreaks, which resulted in 27,634 cases of illness and 11 deaths.
Important to Healthy People: Foodborne illness is a preventable and underreported public health problem. It presents a major challenge to both general and at-risk populations. Each year, millions of illnesses in the United States can be attributed to contaminated foods.
Important to me: Food safety is important because many people aren’t informed on the correct safety procedures when taking care of food as well as eating it.
4. Heart Disease and Stroke
Goal: Improve cardiovascular health and quality of life through prevention, detection, and treatment of risk factors for heart attack and stroke; early identification and treatment of heart attacks and strokes; and prevention of repeat cardiovascular