Application: Goals and Objectives to Address Health Disparities

Application: Goals and Objectives to Address Health Disparities

The Health People 2020 objectives and the Millennium goals are two ambitious approaches to addressing the disparities found in vulnerable populations. In this Application Assignment, you will determine how the objectives and goals plan to reduce or eliminate health disparities.

To prepare for this Application Assignment, review the following links:

· What Are Its Goals? http://healthypeople.gov/2020/

· Focus your attention on "Overarching Goal #2: Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups."

· The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009 http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_Report_2009_ENG.pdf To complete this Application Assignment, write a 3- to 4-page paper that addresses the following questions.

· How do the objectives for Healthy People 2020 provide a framework for addressing health disparities? Provide an example based on the Health problem (HIV) focus are assigned to you.

· What other objectives address the health topic?

· How do the health-related Millennium Development Goals address health disparities?

Support your answers with statistical information about your Healthy People assigned focus area. The following are a few websites that provide a wealth of data regarding specific populations and Healthy People assigned focus area

. You'll find others on the Internet as well.

· State Health Facts, Kaiser Family Foundation http://kff.org/statedata/

· Statistical Information System, World Health Organization http://www.who.int/whosis/en/

· Interactive Map: Maps: The Global Picture http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/atlas/us.html