Healthy People 2020 Research Paper

Healthy People 2020 (2015) states, health disparities are a health outcome of greater or lesser extent between populations, which includes populations by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, education, income, or geographic location. The purpose of the post is to discuss how disparities play a role in health, employment, and education for African Americans. I will also discuss two nursing interventions to decrease health disparities in this population, as well as challenges to implementing the nursing interventions.

I enjoyed reading your DQ1 post this week, and there are a lot of contributing factors that led to disparities within the health care system. There are a lot of federal initiative to help aid in decreasing disparities within the health care system like the National HIV/AIDS strategy. The Healthy People 2020 initiative has been a useful tool to track disparities within the United States (U.S.) healthcare system. They analyze and track a wide variety of factors that can lead to disparities like geographic location, ethnicity, and sexual orientation (chap. 11). To end disparities, there has to be an effective way to monitor progression and educate every individual in the health care system about disparities. But like

One of the Healthy People 2020 initiatives or goals that I want to discuss is sexually transmitted diseases. According to Healthy People 2020 (2015) their goal is to “promote healthy sexual behaviors, strengthen community capacity, and increase access to quality services to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and their complications.” One of their objectives in this area is to reduce HPV (human papillomavirus) infections females. I would hope to reduce the incidence of this infection by promoting safe sex, health screenings and immunizations to adolescent and adult women. Certain subtypes of HPV can lead to cervical cancer and anogenital warts (Pomfret, Gagnon Jr, & Gilchrist, 2011).

Communication is essential in every aspect of life. Open and strategic communication plans are crucial for the efficient performance of health organizations. End users need health information to make informed decisions. With the advancement of technology such as access to the Internet, it is convenient for patients to access health care services and products (Publishing, 2013). Health care services are importance to the community.

According to University of California (2016), more than 650,000 patients per year in the United States and 2 million patients global are affected by end stage renal disease (ESRD). Number of patient effective by ESRD is increasing every year by 5%. How serious problem it is shows Healthy people 2020. One of the goals of Healthy People 20202 is” reduce new cases of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its complications, disability, death, and economic costs.” According to Healthy People 2020 CKD and ESRD are important public health problems in our country and main cause of suffering and poor quality of life of affected people. They are “responsible for premature death and exact a high economic price from both the private and public sectors.” Both diseases are very expensive to treat. Closely 25% of Medicare budget is

In this paper, the student is asked to identify a health problem facing the community they live and work in. The student will analyze long-term and short-term goals that are in line with goals of healthy people 2020. Community nursing is essential to identifying and understanding the epidemiology of health issues that affect the community they serve (In Nies & In McEwen, 2015). This student has selected the health epidemic Risk for violence directed toward self or others as the nursing diagnosis and planned interventions for this paper.

In Puerto Rico guidelines have been establish to meet the Healthy People 2020 objective, which is to promote preventative health (HealthyPeople.gov, 2012) One of the Healthy People 2020 focuses is on weight reduction intervention to prevent obesity in all ethnicities, age, and disability statuses (HealthyPeople.gov, 2012). Obesity is one of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and in Puerto Rico obesity has to lead to an increase in the mortality rates among its population caused by weight gain (American Heart Association [AHA], 2015ab; Elias-Boneta, Toro, Garcia, Torres, & Palacious, 2015; Garza et al., 2011). Like the United States (US), Puerto Ricans experiences a lack of physical activities that increase

Hello Jennifer, nice post! I learned about Healthy People 2020 in my Wellness Concepts class. This governmental health initiative is an excellent one, as the aim is to not to just increase “life expectancy” but to increase a “healthy life expectancy.” Healthy People 2020 focuses on wellness, which is multi-dimensional and concerned with quality of life and well-being, rather than plain existing. Today, the major causes of death are heart disease, cancer, and lower respiratory disease, which are all chronic diseases that are lifestyle related. Conversely, in the early 1900’s the causes of death were pneumonia, tuberculosis, and enteritis, which were acute and infectious. Therefore, today we have more of a chance to live a long and healthy life,

In 2010, Healthy People 2020 was started by the Department of Human Health Services. Health programs and research topics were instituted to help Americans live healthier and longer lives (CDC, 2014). The 42 topics presented are all very important in maintaining the goals set by Healthy People 2020. If these programs were to be cut or budget restraints imposed on them, the impact would be felt by all Americans. There would be more unhealthy people, preventable chronic diseases would be more prevalent, and education and health associated programs would be

Healthy People 2020 release objectives and goals such as MICH 1.9 to improve and bring awareness regarding health, disease, and disabilities. The target goal for the objective MICH 1.9 is to reduce the 0.98 infant deaths per 1000 live births to 0.84, showing a 10% improvement by 2020 (ODPHP, n.d.). An improvement would decrease the number of sudden unexplained infant deaths, but also increase the quality of life of the mother.

The goal of Healthy People 2020 is to improve health, fitness, and quality of life through daily physical activity. Many campaigns have been conducted by many organization like Michelle Obama in the “Let’s Move” campaign to help against child obesity. “The Let’s Move campaign will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources” (Meyer, 2010). Despite the effort to increase physical activities among the youth, only a few people who find the incentive to participate in such campaign. Recent technology has allowed us to monitor how much we move, how many calories we burned and what is our heart rate via a smart watch. In disease prevention

This paper is a critical reflection of the healthy people healthy places reading material and consists of three sections. It includes the definition of terms like health inequality and how does it relates to health equity. The first section states the importance of health inequalities and the necessity for a solution to decrease the health inequality gaps. Firstly, the term health inequality has a very broad definition and can be defined as the variations in health status or in the distribution of social determinants (Anonymous, 2012). Health inequality is also described as a condition which is avoidable, unnecessary, and unjust in a community (Braveman, 2014). According to Marmot (2008), health inequalities are caused due to the differences in living conditions, especially in five main domains i.e. birth, growth, living, working and age. Another term that was introduced was health equity, which is defined as a principle that is considered as a commitment to decrease disparity and inequality in the society (Braveman, 2014).

The goals of 2020 Healthy People would be to promote individual health. By reducing chronic diseases. Along with the risks through the consumption of nutritious diets. Along with achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight. The overview of the goals state that it wants to see effort and changes in diets and weights. Along with addressing individual’s behaviors. Thus, these would affect schools, worksites healthcare organizations and the overall communities.

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (World Health Organization). The differences in the health condition of individuals or groups are highly influenced by complex factors called determinants of health. The poem illustrates how the interconnected health determinants played a crucial role leading to Jason’s present status and could also predict his health condition later in life. The five key areas (determinants) formed by Healthy People 2020 can be identified in the poem about Jason and his family.

Have you ever seen someone on Instagram or Facebook that posts all about being “healthy and fit”? It’s annoying sometimes, I get it. But what if they are actually right? We tend to make excuses as to why we don’t have time to work out or why we can’t make better food choices for ourselves. The answer is simple. We want easy. Sitting on the couch is easy. Going through McDonalds or Wendy’s is easy. What if making these “easy” choices are actually harming us in the long run? According to the CDC, “more than one-third (36.5%) of U.S. adults” and 17% of children and adolescents have obesity (CDC, 2017). Those are alarming and eye-opening statistics. We as Americans need to realize that obesity is a problem and in order for this issue to change, we need more education about healthy habits. A few years ago, I came to the realization that I was not happy with the way I felt physically and mentally. I ate a lot food that was not good for me and at the time I didn’t realize how much it was affecting me. Now someone looking at me from the outside probably would have never said I was “fat” but I was far from healthy. I didn’t want to keep feeling the way I felt about myself so I began doing some research on ways to live a healthy and fit lifestyle. I figured out that there are some important basic steps to starting a healthy lifestyle that anyone can do if they have just a little bit of motivation.