MN 505 Discussion 2

Topic 2: Healthy People 2020

Review the following:

• U.S. Department of Health and      Human Services. (2012). Leading health indicators. Retrieved from http://healthypeople.gov/2020/LHI/default.aspx
• Work group for community health      and development at the University of Kansas. (2012). Section 5 analyzing      community problems. Retrieved from http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecontents/section_1017.aspx

1. Choose one health indicator      critical to health promotion in your community.
2. Using the MAP-IT 5 Step Guide      to Implementing Healthy People 2020 in a Community, propose a health promotion      program needed in your community based on one of the 12 leading health      indicators.
3. Describe the proposal in      general terms with supporting rationale in 2 to 3 paragraphs.

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