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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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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overarching 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)
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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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generating electricity cleaner and more efficient? Write an essay of between 300 and 370 words on this topic‚ briefly summarising the different solutions to energy storage presented in the text‚ presenting your view on whether energy storage can be a solution to our current energy problems and providing other solutions to the energy problem‚ if relevant. Use specific details and examples to help develop your argument. Green‚ clean and efficient energy is surely the future‚ if our planet shall
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Emily Ortega Course 0405 Child Development 1 Applying Theory * A young man has been arrested and is serving jail time for drug possession‚ assault‚ and armed robbery. Throughout his childhood and adolescence he has been in and out of trouble at school and with the juvenile justice system. Three theories that would explain this young man’s behavior would be Psychosocial Theory‚ Behaviorism/Learning Theory and Cognitive Theory. 1. Erik Erikson Psychosocial Theory helps me examine this
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How healthy were people in medieval York? In medieval York medicine and health were very important aspects in life. For many peasants that lived in medieval York‚ disease and poor health were part of their daily life. Medicine was both basic and sometimes useless. Towns and cities were filthy and the knowledge we have of hygiene today was non existent. As the populations of medieval towns such as York increased‚ hygienic conditions worsened. People lived so close together in both villages and towns
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Living a healthy lifestyle is certainly not easy. A healthy lifestyle is defined by three different categories: physical‚ mental/emotional and spiritual. In order to live a truly healthy lifestyle‚ you must balance all three categories and they must all function together simultaneously. In order to live a physically healthy lifestyle‚ you must learn how to balance your every day life. Doing a minimum of thirty minutes of cardiovascular activity for just three days a week‚ can do a myriad number
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The Clean Out Apprehension overwhelmed me this morning as I entered into a personal clothes clean-out flurry. What if‚ all of a sudden‚ I want to wear the top or jeans I had just ejected from my cupboard? Had I made an immense fashion mistake getting rid of them? I managed to productively remove two bags of clothing from my life. However‚ it’s a little scary now as I analyze what I have left. The clothes in my wardrobe bring a mysterious segue … Lately I have been considering the practicality of
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As the human race expands its horizons‚ many people are left behind in the dust. Only a few centuries ago‚ we could only fathom what lay beyond the vast expanse of ocean. Now‚ we look beyond the stars. Our technology increases at a rapidity that no other point in history can compare to. Yet‚ as many of us enjoy the luxury of having water at our disposal at any given time‚ others search during the majority of the day for clean water. This poses a huge problem. Water is essential for survival. It
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