Healthy People 2020’s commitment to promote health and prevent disease encourages individuals to make healthy lifestyle choices for themselves and their families. Conceptual models and theories play a major role in health promotion and disease prevention. In addition, epidemiological data, such as morbidity and mortality statistics, helps identify health problems common to a particular population.

Select one of the Healthy People 2020 initiatives and discuss available preventative health services (immunizations, health screenings, etc.) relevant to the initiative, as well as health promotion strategies to be implemented by the advanced practice nurse for a selected population/age/ethnic group (neonates, children, adults, pregnant female, older adult). Please consider theoretical concepts and epidemiological data while discussing health promotion strategies.

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Healthy people 2020 is 10-year national health objective of the United States government designed to improve the health of the citizens through the promotion of knowledge and understanding of risk factors using current epidemiological data for prevention approaches. The initiative is created to serve as a crucial tool for government at all levels to set and monitor quantifiable health goals. …

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