Healthy People 2020 labels substance abuse as one of the leading health indicators. This is a topic every nurse should be aware of because it continues to take a major toll on the health of individuals, families, and communities nationwide. According to Healthy People 2020, “In 2005, an estimated 22 million Americans struggled with a drug or alcohol problem.” This is a substantial amount of people who are struggling with substance abuse involving alcohol, drugs, or a combination of the two. This
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The 2020 Healthy People target objective is. This target objective is needed within the community for a behavioral change towards tobacco cessation. We want to be able to implement this target objective within the community by health promotion and disease prevention. In order to implement this change in behavior we will use an educational background about tobacco use to inform our audience. The target population of this program is Monroe County, which is a small community with a population of 45
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A social determent that may affect a public health issue, mentioned by Healthy People 2020 is Social Disorder, such as crime, violence or proper management of trash during a natural disaster. Healthy People 2020 said, poor health outcomes are often attributed to individual interaction with the social and physical environment. When an individuals need is not met, such as a proper place to live, or a public service like waste disposal or necessity of clean water, environmental diseases and social unrest
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professional resources that inform their thinking and decision-making and guide their practice. They are as follows: Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, the Essence of the profession and Nursing’s Social Policy Statement. Healthy People 2020 is also another great source for
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Axia College Material Appendix A Healthy People 2020 Scavenger Hunt Complete the Healthy People 2020 Scavenger Hunt by accessing the Healthy People website located at www.healthypeople.gov. 1. What is the mission of Healthy People 2020? • Identify nationwide health improvement priorities. • Increase public awareness and understanding of the determinants of health, disease, and disability and the opportunities for progress. • Provide measurable objectives and goals that
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Health Campaign: Breastfeeding Kona Necklen HCS 535 September 16, 2013 Instructor: Qiana Amos Health Campaign: Breastfeeding Breastfeeding, a topic not so popular twenty years ago, is becoming the subject of today’s healthy lifestyle. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013), 69.2% of adults over the age of 20 are overweight including obesity from 2009 to 2010. Eighteen percent of children ages six to 19 years are obese as well and has become a major health
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overall health status Equality in Access to health services is one of the forty two topic areas in Healthy People 2020 that caught my view as one of the objectives to have the highest importance in achieving a national goal of healthy Americans in the future. But what does access to health care actually means? According Gulliford et al (2002), facilitating access to health is concerned with helping people to command appropriate health care resources in order to preserve or improve their health status
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Healthy People 2020 Healthy People 2020 Introduction Launched in 2010, the Healthy People 2020 is an ambitious scientifically based agenda, outlining ten year health objectives to improve the health of all Americans. A key element of its mission is to provide an clear roadmap for achieving the Healthy People 2020 objectives. The February 2011 edition of Preventive Medicine comprises a series of articles examining the needs and goals of public health issues like obesity in the United States
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Bency. Ukken Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V July /07/ 2013 . Health Promotion World Health organization (WHO) defines health promotion as a process of enabling people to increase control over improving their health. It goes beyond focusing on individual health towards social and cultural interventions (World Health organization, 2013). The global conference held in Helsinki explains promotion of health, not focused to a specific health problem nor to a special group, but the strategies
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County’s cancer death rate, the U.S. median cancer death rate was a bit lower at 185.0. Healthy people 2020 came in even lower at a target rate of 161.4 (Centers for Disease, n.d.). Cancer has been the second leading cause of death in the United States for
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