Healthy People 2020 Goals
Healthy People 2020 Goal – Educational and Community Based Programs
Educational and community-based programs are intended to extent to individuals outside of established health care venues. These venues of opportunity may include schools, worksites, health care facilities, and neighborhood communities. Each location provides opportunities to reach the populace using current social structures. This increases the impact for opportunity and decreases the resources and time required for program expansion. People often have elevated concentrations of communication within these venues, both directly and indirectly. Programs that focus on multiple venues, if not all venues, usually have a larger impact than programs operating in only one venue. While
Educational and community-based programs are intended to extent to individuals outside of established health care venues. These venues of opportunity may include schools, worksites, health care facilities, and neighborhood communities. Each location provides opportunities to reach the populace using current social structures. This increases the impact for opportunity and decreases the resources and time required for program expansion. People often have elevated concentrations of communication within these venues, both directly and indirectly. Programs that focus on multiple venues, if not all venues, usually have a larger impact than programs operating in only one venue. While