Understanding the Healthy People Project for Improving Public Health

What is the Healthy People 2020 project?

The Healthy People project is a collection of national health objectives that serve to inform community and public health departments by identifying preventable threats to health and establishing national goals to reduce health threats. Visit the Healthy People website at: http://www.healthypeople.gov. Click on Healthy People 2020 and locate answers to the following questions about the project: 1. What is Healthy People 2020 and how was it developed? 2. List the four overarching goals? 3. In your own words, briefly explain what each goal means. 4. Discuss the 4 foundation health measures: General Health Status, Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being, Determinants of Health and Disparities using the following guide a. Briefly describe all the measures of progress listed under each foundation health measure. b. For each foundation measure category, select any one measure of progress and briefly discuss what it means and how it can be used to evaluate the foundation health measure category 5. Identify one health problem that you have observed in your local community briefly describe it. How big of a problem is it and who does it affect most and why? 6. Go to the Home page again and click on Topics and Objectives. Then click on Public Health Infrastructure. a. Briefly describe the mission and importance of Public Health Infrastructure. b. List the three key elements and give an example of each. 7. Using the 10 essential public health services, describe how as a nurse you can use each of the ten essential public health services to manage the health problem you have identified in your local community. 8. Mechanics, APA format and quality of presentation and writing