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 is to distinguish between the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Healthy People 2020 goals and the World Health Organization (WHO) goals, and address some similarities and differences. Second, this paper will address if the nurses in my community …show more content…
The policy sets out a framework based on key action principles. It aims to accelerate the attainment of better health and well-being for all. The Health 2020 framework can be adopted and adapted to the different societies that make up the European region. Its overall rationale is to describe how health and well-being can be advanced, sustained and measured through action that creates social cohesion, security, work–life balance, good health and good education. Health 2020 is consistent with existing commitments endorsed by Member States, including the United Nations Millennium Declaration (8) and Millennium Development Goals (9), which embrace a vision for a world in which countries work in partnership for the betterment of everyone, especially the most disadvantaged people.
The 6 stated goals are: 1) Addressing the risks and opportunities while preparing for and anticipating change, 2) Integrating strong, evidence-informed socioeconomic arguments to advocate for health and well-being, 3) Developing, promoting and agreeing on a common policy framework for working together for health, 4) Rigorously upholding a rights- and values-based approach to health and well-being, 5) Committing to a whole-of-government approach to health and well-being, and 6) Crafting specific strategies for tackling the health divide between and within countries. …show more content…
The goals are not posted, nor are they discussed in the context of the Healthy People initiative. However, many of the ways healthcare is practiced at my hospital fall within these goals. Everyone who walks in the door is treated, no one is turned away due to a social or financial status. Many of the protocols in place for different diagnoses have a basis in evidence based and preventative medicine. While many of the goals may be practiced, awareness of the origins of what we do, i.e. Healthy People, may not be