Health Disparities in Healthy People 2020
For the last two decades now, one of the central goals of Healthy People has been on alleviating disparities. Healthy people 2000 focused on reducing health related disparities in the American population. The Healthy people 2020 mission defines health disparity as a health difference that has close links with socio-economic and environmental disadvantages. Such heath disparities negatively affect groups that face systematic obstacles because of their race, socio-economic stature, religion gender, age cognitive abilities, physical disability, geographic location, exclusive considerations, sexual orientation, or ethnic group (Anon., n.d.).
Maternal, Infant and Child Health
As in the case with adults, social and demographic forces, including the income that the family gets affects infant health, too. Physical and mental health dynamics of the caregiver and parent are also causal to the effects. Racial-based disparities have been observed in both mortality and morbidity for children...
The city has provided designated bright red bicycles for public use in the city in order to promote public transportation instead of driving. The rules are that they are not to go outside of certain street limits but can be picked up at any time, anywhere (means that if you leave it outside the barbershop, it may be gone when you return!). This direct support by government is not
Healthy People program is an interesting system of discussing national goals and objectives on the physical health of our society. Although sponsored, by the Federal Government, there is a lot of informative data that this organization uses. The purpose of this essay is to examine the objective of physical activity as described by the Healthy People 2020 agenda. The essay will specifically view this objective through the demographic of those
Healthy People 2020 Review of Three Articles from Healthy People 2020 Global Health The goal of improved global health is to strengthen U.S. national security through global disease detection, response, prevention, and control strategies. Threats to health in one part of the world may have far reaching consequences that impact public health across the globe. The 2003 SARS epidemic and the 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak are recent examples. Furthermore, improving the health of
Healthy People 2020; Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity The Healthy People 2020 initiative looks at a n umber of different health issues which face the American population and sets out some goals for improving the current health status of the nation. One of the topics is nutrition, physical activity and obesity. The consumption of a healthy diet and a sufficient level of activity are for the maintenance of a healthy weight. A
Healthy People 2020 and Tobacco Use The Healthy People 2020 initiative provides a set of goals to improve the health of American citizens. The science-based goals set out ten-year targets to be achieved by 2020 across a wide range of health issues. One health issue included in the initiative is tobacco use with a target to reduced tobacco use to a "point that it is no longer a public health problem"
Healthcare Discussion What do you think will be the most important new or expanded role for public health or health education in 2030 and beyond? Explain why. The big thing, in my opinion, will be preventative care and lifestyle changes with a major focus needing to be on the poor. For example, the fight against obesity has largely been successful but it has been lagging, as I understand it, with the poor
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