Community: Healthy People 2020

What were the Goals of Healthy People 2020 in 2000?

- Increase the span of healthy life - Reduce health disparities - Achieve access to preventative services

What is the different between measurable and developmental objectives?

- Measurable: contains a data source & national baseline value - Developmental: do not have national baseline data, addresses subjects of sufficient national importance that should be included over the next decade to measure their change

Where can be reliable data be obtained from?

- National census of events (EX: US Census) - Nationally represented sample surveys

What were the Goals of Healthy People 2020 in 1990

- Reduce mortality rates in infants & adults - Enhance independence in the older adult population

What was the history of Healthy People 2020?

- Surgeon General's Report in 1979 Healthy People: The surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - Healthy People 1990: Promoting Health/Preventing Disease: Objectives for the Nation - Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - Healthy People 2010: Objectives for Improving Health

Who developed Healthy People 2020?

Department of Health & Human Services

What are health measures used for?

to monitor progress toward promoting health, preventing disease & disability, eliminating disparities, & improving quality of life

What are the goals of Healthy people 2020

- attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, & premature death - achieve health equity, eliminate disparities & improve the health of all groups - Create social & physical environments that promote good health for all - Promote quality of life, healthy development, & healthy behaviors across of all life stages

Examples of Determinants of Health

- education - housing - environment - transportation - labor - agriculture

How can Healthy People 2020 aid in helping people liv long and healthy lives?

- emphasizing ideas of health equity that address social determinants of health & promote health across all stages of life - replacing the traditional print publication with an interactive website as the main vehicle for dissemination - maintaining a website that allows users to tailor information to their needs & explore evidence-based resources for implementation

Subjects of Health determinants

- etiology - genetics - individual behavior - access to health services - environment in which people are born, live, play, work & age

What is the mission of Healthy People 2020?

- identify nationwide health improvement priorities - increase public awareness & understanding determinants of health, disease disability, & the opportunities for progress - provide measureable objectives & goals that are applicable at the national, state, & locals levels - engage multiple sectors to take actions to strengthen policies & improve practices that are driven by the best available evidence and knowledge - identify critical research, evaluation & data collection

What were the goals of healthy people 2020 in 2010

- increase quality & years of healthy life - Eliminate health disparities

What do the general health status measures include

- life expectancy - healthy life expectancy - years of potential life lost - physically & mentally unhealthy days - self assessed health status - chronic disease prevalence

what do health-related quality of life & well being measures include?

- physical, mental, & social health-related quality of life - well-being/satisfaction - participation in common activities

Disparities measures includes ...

- race/ethnicity - gender - physical & mental ability - geography

What are baseline values based upon?

- valid and reliable data - provides the point from which a 2020 target is set; EX: US Census

About how many objectives have Healthy People 2020 identified to improve the health of Americans?

600

True or False. Areas of Focus have increased from 1990 to 2020

True

What did Department of Health & Human Services focus on?

primarily focused on the leading cause of death could be preventable

What was the purpose of Healthy People 2020?

provide Americans with goals and objectives to improve their quality of life

Definition of Determinants of Health

range of personal, social, economic, & environmental factors that influence health status

How did Healthy People 2020 begin?

report written by the U.S. Surgeon General in 1979