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
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HEALTY PEOPLE 2020 October 2014 Healthy People 2020 The Healthy People 2020 initiative provides a science-based‚ 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For three decades‚ Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to encourage collaborations across communities‚ empower individuals toward making informed health decisions‚ and measure the impact of prevention activities. (Healthy‚ 2012) The first goal of this paper
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Complete the Healthy People 2020 Scavenger Hunt by accessing the Healthy People website located at www.healthypeople.gov. 1. What is the mission of Health People 2020? What is the mission of Health People 2020? The mission of Healthy People 2020 is to identify nationwide health improvement priorities‚ increase public awareness‚ provide measurable goals and objectives‚ strengthen policies‚ improve practices‚ and identify critical research‚ evaluation‚ and data collection needs. 2. List five
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Healthy People 2020: Physical Activity an Effort to Decrease Childhood Obesity Florida International University Care of Communities: Community Health Nursing NUR4636 Professor Maria De Los Santos April 16‚ 2014 Healthy People provide a 10-year national objective for improving the health of Americans. It has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to encourage collaborations across the country‚ empowering individuals toward making knowledgeable
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Healthy People 2020 is a program launched in 2010 that provides a science-based 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. This program established benchmarks and monitored progress in the healthcare system over time with the aim of encouraging collaborations across the communities and sectors‚ empowering individuals towards making informed health decisions as well as measure the impact of prevention activities in the country (CDC‚ 2008). Healthy people 2020 indicate that
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goals of Healthy People 2020 is to help Americans achieve longer‚ quality lives—unencumbered by preventable diseases‚ disabilities‚ injuries‚ and premature death (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS]‚ 2010). Debilitating or chronic back pain is a public health concern as it is often associated with negative health consequences and status. As such‚ reducing the prevalence of chronic back pain is a health topic identified and prioritized by Healthy People 2020 (USDHHS‚ 2010). In 2013
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Pediatric Healthy People 2020 The organization Healthy People 2020 establishes benchmarks while monitoring the progress over time (healthypeople.gov). They empower individuals to make healthier decisions while trying to prevent infection/illness‚ and they collaborate with different groups and organizations for the best outcome by using evidence base practice (healthypeople.gov). One of the most common vaccinations is the measles‚ mumps‚ and rubella also known as the M.M.R. A child receives this
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Introduction Predicated by outcome-based predictors‚ the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPTF) and Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) are combined efforts that have set forth the goals for national standards of evidence-based recommendations of clinical preventive services such as screenings‚ counseling services and preventive medications. The core domains of both these national endeavors are grounded in principals of health promotion and disease prevention with goals‚ initiatives
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As a new measure‚ Healthy People 2020‚ has extended their scope to include global health. In cooperation with global agencies such as the United Nations and the World Health Organization‚ the agency is monitoring global health through surveillance‚ detection‚ and prevention. This
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Healthy People 2020: Childhood Immunizations Every year‚ the number of preventable diseases fluctuates. In 2008 the number of measles cases worldwide was 147‚181‚ and in 2011 the number of cases was 356‚632. However‚ in 2014‚ the number was back down to 138‚386 (Council on Foreign Relations‚ n.d.). The suffering related to childhood preventable diseases like: polio‚ measles‚ mumps‚ chicken pox‚ and whooping cough‚ is a tragedy that not only affects the infected individual‚ but also the family‚ community
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