Healthy People TWENTYTWENTY

I'm not exactly sure what the main objectives are for Healthy people 2020, but I know that they all seem to be related to growth & aging, hospitals and Health promotion. All the newest things are:

• Adolescent Health
• Blood Disorders and Blood Safety
• Dementias, Including Alzheimer’s Disease
• Early and Middle Childhood
• Genomics
• Global Health
• Healthcare-Associated Infections
• Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health
• Older Adults
• Preparedness
• Sleep Health
• Social Determinants of Health

Most of things I would say are issues, and important ones to address. Recognition of some of these issues are what americans have butted heads with in the past. Knowledge is power woo wooo.. I still feel like people might think that some things are too personal to address and be brought to light, so a few issues may be ignored for the sake of a person not having to deal with it and Americans can sweep it under the rug for another decade. Fact is, that problems never go away until they are dealt with anyway so might as well make this decade for the better and start living healthier by 2020.

Something that I found useful and super important was the topic PREPAREDNESS. Americans aren't ready for a major catastrophe such as the Tsunami that smothered Japan. We just dont know what to do if a major disease breaks out and plagues our loved ones. America would be in a state of panic if War happened on our soil. So what Im sayin is that we need to practice and prepare for the worst things such as these and when they happen then we'll be ready. This would allow for faster recovery and less collateral damage.