Healthy People 2020

Order Description

Review a copy of Healthy People 2020 and find quality assurance (QA) goals for care in the community. Devise ways that these goals could be met in your community. (25
points)
Complete a brief windshield survey of your local area. You can do this by driving through an area and really noticing your community. Pretend you are seeing it through
a stranger’s eyes. Are there sidewalks, people outside, businesses, police or fire stations, traffic, and parks in use? You may reference your book for a more detailed
description. Post your description here. (25 points)
Please select one of the following questions and post your response on the discussion board:

Interview a community or public health nurse at an STD clinic at the health department and determine what specific services are provided by the clinic and by the
nurse. What are the biggest challenges the nurse deals with in caring for patients?

Interview an emergency room practitioner (RN, ARNP, PA, or MD) and discover what the most common communicable diseases are in their facility. Research the official
data on these diseases using this site:
cdc.gov/oid/index.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Use the index to access the statistics for the specific disease you are looking up
Report your findings
Prepare tables that compare and contrast the leading three reportable communicable diseases in your community with both state and national incidence of these diseases.
What recommendations would you make for reducing these rates?
After watching one of the videos referenced below:

Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County
Housing First Success Stories at: Friends of Boston Homeless
Post two ideas for public health services to benefit this population.
Post one discussion question related to this issue for your classmates.
answer two discussion questions posted by your classmates.