Question

Name a at risk population group and relate two foundational Healthy people 2020 health measure to their health status? how could the community and nurse benefit the at risk group and what challanges could they face?

Answer 1

Answer: one risk population group is Infants.  They are risk groups because they have a change to death due to their low immunity and attack by various diseases or death during birth also.

The two foundation health people 2020 health measures to their health status are

1. Healthy life expectancy

Health life expectancy measures the number of years that can be live. This is measures under 3 circumstances that are, expected years of life free from activities limitation, free from disabilities, and expected years of life in good or better health.

2. Summary mortality and population health measure

The health measure is done base on the life expectancy, disabilities, activities limitation, respondent assess health and summary given base on the mortality rate of the specific age group. Life expectancy is the summary of the mortality rate that measures the overall health of the population. The rate of disabilities and activities limitation of the given population. Respondent assess health is the rate of response to health whether it is excellent or good or very good health status.

Community and nurses role

1. policymaking

Policymaking plays an important role in reducing the unhealthy behavior of the population. for example increase taxes for tobacco sales, reduce sales, and reduce the use by the population.

2. Identifying the risk

Identification of risk people in a population helps to understand to whom the health measurement have to give according to the disease condition or health condition.

3. Health services

The health services can mainly focus on the preventive measure to the risk population to reduce mortality, disability. various kinds of awareness programs can be provided.

Challenges that could face by the nurses and community

- Lack of co operation by the people or population in identifying the risk for diseases

- Present of financial issue to conduce awareness programmes as a health measure to the targeted population.