Assignment:
The SLP assignment for this course will entail becoming familiar with Healthy People initiative. To this end, you will be asked to research key components of Healthy People 2030, illustrating how the initiative being implemented, noting data sources available to monitor progress toward achievement of Healthy People goals objectives, and recommending strategies for incorporating Healthy People into the work we do as health educators.
View the first of these videos, Healthy People 2030 Launch. After watching the video and reviewing the background readings, address the following questions:
1. What is Healthy People 2030?
2. Where can one go to obtain information on this initiative?
3. What are the "Leading Health Indicators?" (Leading Health Indicators 2030: Advancing Health, Equity, and Well-Being. Register on the site for free and download the pdf)
o Identify three of these that are of greatest interest to you.
Choose the one that concerns you most.
What are the goals and objectives associated with this indicator?
SLP Assignment Expectations
Length: 2 to 3 pages
CASE
As a new health educator, you have just been asked to write an article for your health department's newsletter. The article should be about the transition from disease prevention to health promotion, with a focus on determinants of health.
Case Assignment
Please write a paper that addresses these points:
• Discuss why the Ottawa Charter and The Jakarta Declaration are important turning points in the transition from disease prevention to health promotion.
• What are determinants of health? How do they influence health? Please provide at least 3 examples.
• How are determinants of health being addressed in Healthy People 2030?