Healthy People identifies our nation’s health improvement priorities. For more than 30 years, Healthy People has established science-based national health objectives with clear targets that allow us to monitor progress, motivate action, and guide efforts to improve health across the country.
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2017). Healthy People. Retrieved from https://health.gov/our-work/healthy-people/.
However, health disparities continue to be a public health concern. For example, adults with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control (age adjusted percent, 18+ years) continues to be a major concern in many populations.
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2017). Disparity details by race and ethnicity for 2011-14. Retrieved from: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/data/disparities/detail/Chart/4555/3/2014
Discuss the importance of using Healthy People 2020 data as a framework that guides population health initiatives.
Identify four strategies you would use to increase compliance with hypertension management for populations at risk.
Discuss the use of data to target community and interventions to address the problem of hypertension.