Healthy People 2020 is the national government’s way of setting goals for communities of all of the states to get healthy. “Healthy People 2020 serves as the basis for the development of state and community plans to improve the health of their populations” (Harkness, 2015, p.116). Healthy People 2020 has a group of high risk health issues that they have placed as Leading Health Indicators. These Health Indicators are the states way of engaging the state’s population to become healthier. The progress is tracked over 42 public health topic areas, with 26 of the Leading Health Indicators placed into 12 topics.
One Health Indicator that has not shown progress or any change is an adult (age18 or older) diagnosed with diabetes, whose A1C lab result …show more content…
The high school has an average of nearly one third to one half of adolescents that have a diagnosis of either anxiety or depression. The local high school in 2012-2013 had 850 students. Nearly three quarters of the adolescents are on medications for the disease. One of the most important interventions that would help these adolescents, would be a hotline or person that the adolescent could talk to when they needed someone to listen to them. This may help with the episodes and help decrease the occurrences. Also the hotline could again educate the adolescents to call at any time of the day or night. Another would be to get the appropriate treatment for the disease and to manage the disease. Provide support and resources for the person, like a place to go or support groups with adolescents that are dealing with the same issues. These are a major intervention that could help the adolescent.
The community leaders that would support the interventions would be, the school nurse, social worker or case manager and the superintendent of the schools. One outcome I would to see is that the adolescent does not turn to drugs or alcohol for help. Another outcome would be to get fast treatment for the disease and not just pass it off as a teenager thing. Educate the parents for signs that their children are in need of help, so “they can have the ability to carry on productive activities and live a rewarding life” (Healthy Maine 2020, p.62). It is Ok to talk about your
One Health Indicator that has not shown progress or any change is an adult (age18 or older) diagnosed with diabetes, whose A1C lab result …show more content…
The high school has an average of nearly one third to one half of adolescents that have a diagnosis of either anxiety or depression. The local high school in 2012-2013 had 850 students. Nearly three quarters of the adolescents are on medications for the disease. One of the most important interventions that would help these adolescents, would be a hotline or person that the adolescent could talk to when they needed someone to listen to them. This may help with the episodes and help decrease the occurrences. Also the hotline could again educate the adolescents to call at any time of the day or night. Another would be to get the appropriate treatment for the disease and to manage the disease. Provide support and resources for the person, like a place to go or support groups with adolescents that are dealing with the same issues. These are a major intervention that could help the adolescent.
The community leaders that would support the interventions would be, the school nurse, social worker or case manager and the superintendent of the schools. One outcome I would to see is that the adolescent does not turn to drugs or alcohol for help. Another outcome would be to get fast treatment for the disease and not just pass it off as a teenager thing. Educate the parents for signs that their children are in need of help, so “they can have the ability to carry on productive activities and live a rewarding life” (Healthy Maine 2020, p.62). It is Ok to talk about your