The nurse is assisting in the creation of content for a community program on Healthy People 2020. What should the nurse include as overarching goals of this initiative? (Select all that apply.)
1. Improve maternal, infant, and child health.
2. Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
3. Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
4. Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
5. Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
Answer: 2, 3, 4, 5
1. Improving maternal, infant, and child health is a leading health indicator.
2. An overarching goal of Healthy People 2020 is to create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
3. An overarching goal of Healthy People 2020 is to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
4. An overarching goal of Healthy People 2020 is to promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
5. An overarching goal of Healthy People 2020 is to attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
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