A community health nurse is using the goals of the Healthy People 2020 to focus care. Which goal is the priority?
a. To increase the life expectancy of people in the United States
b. To increase the health status of people throughout the world
c. To eradicate the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
d. To reduce health care costs
A
The overall goals of Healthy People 2020 are to increase the life expectancy and quality of life and to eliminate health disparities through an improved delivery of health care services to people in the United States. The focus is on the United States, not the world. It does not focus on one disease or on reducing health care costs.
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