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Why would healthcare providers refer to Healthy People 2020 when providing public health/community health patient care?
 
  1. It provides a plan to continue to improve the health of everyone in the United States.
  2. It supports policies which provide monetary incentives to states who reach the benchmark goals.
  3. It serves as a monitoring system that evaluates the health of all citizens.
  4. It is mandated legislation that will result in a healthier population by 2020.

Question 2

Besides being important public health issues and motivating people to action, what purpose do the Healthy People 2020 objectives serve?
 
  1. Measure the impact of prevention activities.
  2. Provide monetary worth to the nation.
  3. Replace other tools.
  4. Identify people needing secondary health services.



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Answer to Question 1

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Explanation: 1. Healthy People 2020 is a government plan to improve the health for everyone in the United States.
2. Monetary incentives are not part of the benchmark goal achievement for Healthy People 2020.
3. Healthy People 2020 is not a monitoring system, though data is collected and evaluated to determine objective achievement.
4. Healthy People 2020 is not mandated legislation but a health program for the US people.

Answer to Question 2

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Explanation: 1. The Healthy People series provides science-based 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. Over the decades, Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress in order to measure the impact of prevention activities.
2. The Healthy People 2020 objectives do not provide monetary worth to the nation.
3. Evaluation tools can be designed to measure progress. However, the Healthy People 2020 objectives were not designed to replace other tools.
4. The Healthy People 2020 objectives do not identify people needing secondary health services.



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