Should elderly people be neglected? Recently‚ a report has stated‚ to many people’s amazement‚ as many as 30% elderly people live below the poverty line in Hong Kong. An increasing number of the elderly in the territory have received social security assistance from the government. In the absence of adequate savings and regular income‚ little difficulty is there in understanding why the elderly more rely on the government. There are some difficulties that the elderly have to come to grips with
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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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Healthy People 2020: Genetic Testing The objective that I chose from the Healthy People 2020 Objectives was to increase the proportion of genetic testing. This is a new objective‚ having not been included in Healthy People 2010. The genomics discipline is a budding field and it concerns the study of an individual’s genome. Genomics uses knowledge of the molecular source of a disease in order to help predict‚ treat and quantify the likelihood of disease reoccurrence. For years‚ Katie Couric and
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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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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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maintenance of healthy body weight to prevent diseases‚ resident disability‚ death and decreased illness inherited new generation. The Nutrition and Weight Status objectives for Healthy People 2020 display great supporting in healthy body weight preservation and balance nutrition for all ages residents. Additionally‚ population behaviors‚ skills and education point up in this objective as well policies and City of Hialeah organizations‚ schools‚ and senior communities help enhance the quality of life for
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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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The Health Care-Based Vulnerability of Elderly Populations Megan E. Stratton HCS 531 June 11th‚ 2012 Dr. Arenz Russell The Health Care-Based Vulnerability of Elderly Populations Vulnerability‚ or the susceptibility to a form of harm‚ results from an interaction between the resources available to the elderly and communities and the life challenges they face. Vulnerability results from developmental problems‚ personal incapacities‚ disadvantaged social status‚ inadequate formal health
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“Healthy People 2020 is committed to the vision of a society in which all people live long healthy lives” (Healthy People‚ 2012). Promoting wellness and fitness are important health goals for me and my family. I often make healthy resolution every year in January and that is to get physically fit‚ to be more active‚ to eat better‚ to lose weight and to manage stresses in work and family life. I do try to eat healthy foods and I do not smoke. I also learned how to manage my stress through meditation
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