Question

Upon reviewing the Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators: Progress Update report identify one area that would concern you as a public health administrator, identify your concerns and offer some suggestions to your agency or organization to help improve the outcomes in this area?

Answer 1

Healthy people 2020 was formulated to ensure all people are healthy .

Being a public health administrator it would be a concern if there is lack of equity, high infectious disease  by a group of people in a particular area. This can lead to poor health outcomes and make the patient difficult to access and afford a health care services.

Some of the suggestion which can be provided to the agency or organisation are

• A strict law to provide equity in care to all patients irrespective of any background
• Ensuring the organization covers most of the patient in the area
• Encourage the organization to do screening program at regular interval for infectious outbreak
• Providing the adequate resources to achieve health for all