Healthy People 2020
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Healthy People 2020
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Healthy People 2020 has been at the forefront of ensuring that citizens are entitled to good health. It has put objectives in place which address various illnesses. One can easily access these objectives from Healthy People 2020 website. Healthy People 2020 objectives address social determinants which affect individuals’ health, elimination of health disparities, improving healthcare access, improving public healthcare services and improving disseminating of health information given to the public. An objective which I think suits people with chronic illnesses include improving function, health, and quality of life of people with chronic illnesses (People, 2020). There are many types of chronic illnesses, including diabetes, cancer, asthma, Alzheimer’s disease, among others; this objective addresses all these chronic illnesses. Chronic illnesses, in many cases, affects older adults of 65 years and above.
In what way does Healthy People 2020 improve health, function, and quality of life of people with chronic illnesses? It does this through outlining of various procedures which can be used in addressing this objective. It has outlined provisions which consist of preventive services to Medicare, including screenings and also immunizations (People, 2020). Some of the chronic illnesses require screenings to be done for diagnosis to be done. Healthy people 2020 has outlined different methods of Medicare can allow any individual to access healthcare services despite their financial status being low. This method is useful in the prevention and treatment of chronic illnesses, and individuals from different ethnic and racial groups are given the privilege to access these services.
Healthy People 2020 objectives on access to care has outlined that people with chronic illnesses should be allocated a caregiver to help in taking care of them. Healthy People 2020 has also put up programs which assist in funding evidence-based chronic disease self-management education programs (People, 2020). These programs are useful as they assist people with chronic illnesses in managing their conditions.
References
People, H. (2020). Healthy people 2020 objectives. US Department of Health and Human Services.