Healthy People 2010/2020: Assessing US Health Objectives & Comparisons

This essay provides an overview of the Healthy People 2010/2020 initiative, a strategic framework for improving health and preventing illness in the United States. It discusses the purpose of the national health plan, which is to provide science-oriented, ten-year nationwide goals to support and harmonize efforts at various levels in improving the well-being and health of US citizens. The essay also examines how an employer can contribute to achieving these goals through educational programs and awareness initiatives. Furthermore, it compares the national health plans of Australia and the United States, highlighting the similarities and differences in their approaches to universal coverage and healthcare funding. The essay references relevant articles to support its analysis of the Healthy People initiative and its impact on public health.

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The Healthy People 2010/2020 Process
The Healthy People 2010/2020 is a blueprint, which offers a detailed, strategic
framework for enhancing health, as well as preventing illness in the United States (US) with
science-oriented, ten-year national objects for 42 distinctive theme areas. The Healthy People
2020 is a multiyear course which mirrors input from different people along with organizations in
the improvement of the Healthy People 2010 that was designed to promote health of the people
by changing the national objectives in a formula of 10-year period as the tradition because of the
changing health needs of the citizens (Fielding, Kumanyika & Manderscheid, 2013).
The Purpose of the Healthy People
The purpose of national health plan or Healthy People is to provide science-oriented, ten-
year nationwide goals to support, as well as harmonize many endeavors, at federal in addition to
other levels in improving the wellbeing and health of the US citizens. It is tailored to monitor and
manage the progress and measures of the national health plan to impact prevention actions in
motivating, directing, and focusing these actions and national research planning, as well as
policy endeavors. In addition, the national health plan establishes broad objectives to move the
nation toward better health by tracking and using health data to promote the health of the citizens
hence the quality of life (Krisberg, 2017).
How an Employer is helping to achieve the Healthy People Goals

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My employer has played a primary duty in promoting awareness plus understanding of
the determinants of the illness and opportunities for progress. The employer consistently
provides information through educational programs to the employees in regard to health issues.
This is one of the primary objectives of Healthy People (Fielding et al., 2013).
National Health Plan for their Citizens for Australia and the United States
Australia’s national health plan is a universal coverage that ensures that the plan
improves the health of all the citizens. This is similar to the Healthy People plan in the United
States that has the primary goal of promoting the health of the citizens. However, the US national
health system is a single-payer system while the healthcare in Australia is the two-tier system
funded by the private and public (Yu & Zhang, 2017).

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References
Fielding, J. E., Kumanyika, S., & Manderscheid, R. W. (2013). A Perspective on the
Development of the Healthy People 2020 Framework for Improving U.S. Population
Health. Public Health Reviews (2107-6952), 35(1):1–24.
Krisberg, K. (2017). Healthy People 2020 review charts progress on US goals. Nation’s Health,
47(2): 7-12.
Yu, J. & Zhang, Y. (2017). Comparison of Single-Payer and Non Single-Payer Health Care
Systems: A Study of Health Administration Efficiency. Business & Economics. 8(6):816-
833.