One of the 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
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Our world has become increasing smaller with the increase in air travel and communication. At one time a trip overseas would take weeks‚ now that travel is possible in just a few hours. News that once took days or weeks to arrive‚ is now immediately available. This shift to a more global society changes the dynamics of culture and the provision of health care. Health care organizations need to be aware of global heath issues and the impacts for the community from a public health perspective (Mauer
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One of the topics and objectives of healthy People 2020 is Diabetes: D-5 Improve glycemic control among persons with diabetes. School nurses play a huge role helping teenage students to control their blood sugar on a daily basis. The nurse monitors if students have appropriate supplies‚ checks if students withdraw the right amount of insulin. If the nurse notices that student’s blood sugar is constantly high for a period of time‚ he/she reaches student’s HCP and clarifies if there is a need to change
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process. If you don’t feel comfortable doing the repair yourself then you have to take to a repair shop. Order the right parts Use credible source to order your iPhone back casing. One of the best site is Amazon‚ because it has product reviews. There will be many different version of the product so‚ order the one that has 4.5 stars or better. This will ensure that you got the right part. Currently the back casing repair kit for iPhone is being sold for less than 8 dollars. You also get the tool
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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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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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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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“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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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: 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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