What is Healthy People 2020?
Healthy People 2020 is managed by the Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, located within the United States Department of
Health and Human Services. “Healthy People 2020 continues in this tradition
with the launch on December 2, 2010 of its ambitious, yet achievable, 10-year
agenda for improving the Nation’s health. Healthy People 2020 is the result of
a multiyear process that reflects input from a diverse group of individuals and
organizations.” The Healthy People 2020 plan is designed to provide health
professional with new topics and objectives that the four previous plans did
not have incorporated into them. “The
Healthy People initiative is grounded in the principle that setting national
objectives and monitoring progress can motivate action.” Some of the new
topics of the Healthy People 2020 plan are, Adolescent Health, Blood Disorders
and Blood Safety, Global Health, LGBT Health and Preparedness. With each topic
that is incorporated into the plan, http://www.healthypeople.gov
provides information on why these topics are important and how understanding
the topic in various circumstances might be handled differently, such as family,
school to media exposure. Many individuals who are in the Health care or
department fields use Healthy People 2020 somewhat as a stepping stone to use
as a tracking tool to the health improvements.
The Healthy People 2020 plan is made up of a vision, mission
and overarching goals. Their vision is to have “a society in which all people
live long, healthy lives.” There are
many ways that Healthy People 2020 can be implemented into someone’s everyday
life, or to your communities. Healthy people do event across the country and is
very easy to get involved with. Each state has its own Healthy People
Coordinator. The coordinators are providing information for the state or
territory. The coordinators are
available for the questions and information dealing with how to get involved
and how to spread the god that Healthy People 2020 is doing through the nation.
