Healthy People 2020 Case Study

Healthy People 2020 is a national organization that emphasizes the importance of health education across the lifespan. Early and Middle Childhood was added in Healthy People 2020 to merge the gap from infancy to adolescences (Early and Middle Childhood, n.d). According to Healthy People 2020, studies show that how children develop in this stage sets the tone for the child’s healthy development and lifelong learning: considering, by the of 3 the human brain grows 90 percent of its adult size (Early and Middle Childhood, n.d.). Understanding the important roles that early childhood health play into adult health and focusing primary and secondary preventive health is the key to promoting childhood health (Early and Middle Childhood, n.d.). Healthy …show more content…
By incorporating health teaching into the school curriculum can reduce to incidences of illness. A study shows that schools are one of the focal settings for the spread of illness among the early and middle childhood populations (Rosen et al., 2006). A study shows by adding a hygiene program into early childhood education can produce a constant increase in handwashing rates (Rosen et al., 2006). Also one of the Educational and Community-Based Programs of Healthy People 2020 objectives addresses the issues for including personal health and wellness into school systems. The Educational and Community-Based Program objective states, “Increase the proportion of elementary, middle, and senior high schools that provide school health education in hand washing or hand hygiene to promote personal health and wellness (Educational and Community-Based Programs, n.d.)”. Healthy people 2020 is aiming to increase personal health and wellness in schools by ten percent compared to the 83.4 percent of school in 2006 (Educational and Community-Based Programs, n.d.). Not only is teaching proper handwashing can be beneficial in primary preventive health but also nutrition and emphasizing the importance of