“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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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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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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improving the health of all groups of people. Healthy People 2020 defines health equity as the “attainment of the highest level of health for all people (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion‚ 2016). Achieving health equity requires valuing everyone equally with focused and ongoing societal efforts to address avoidable inequalities‚ historical and contemporary injustices‚ and the elimination of health and health care disparities. Healthy People 2020 defines a health disparity as “a particular
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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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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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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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For many people‚ not everyone knows of the nationally recognized group Healthy People. This organization’s known as a program of nationwide health promotion and disease-prevention goals set by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The goals were first set in 1979‚ for the following decade. These goals subsequently have been updated for Healthy People 2000‚ 2010‚ and 2020. In 2010‚ the two overarching goals that happened to be the primary targets for Healthy People included increasing
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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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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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