NSG6001Midterm Study Guide
1. What is Healthy People 2010/2020 and why is it important
Healthy people 2010/2020 is a comprehensive set of national ten-year health
objectives. A framework for public health priorities and actions. Addresses disease
prevention and health promotion issues of national, public health significance. Provides
science/evidence-based objectives and targets. Data driven and measures progress over
time (10-year span). Designed to drive action to improve health, and is a collaborative
process.
2. Adolescent care
10 -14 yrs old
• Body changes
• Challenge authority
• Peer groups
• Values
• Focus on immediate impact of behaviors
o Smoking
o Drugs
o Alcohol
o Sex
o Eating disorders
, 15 - 17 yrs old
• Peer groups
• Independence; Family conflict
• Body image concern decreases
• Sexual drive
• Experimentation
• Risk taking
• Increased intellectual ability
• Health Promotion
o Drugs, alcohol, & tobacco
o Sex (safe or abstinence)
o Eating disorders
18 - 21 yrs old
• Emancipated
• Comfortable with body image
• Minimal peer influence
• Individual thinking & maturity
o Goals, consequences of behavior, less risk taking, ethics/values
• Health Promotion
o Safe sex
o Drugs, alcohol & tobacco
o Driving
Physical Issues:
1. What is Healthy People 2010/2020 and why is it important
Healthy people 2010/2020 is a comprehensive set of national ten-year health
objectives. A framework for public health priorities and actions. Addresses disease
prevention and health promotion issues of national, public health significance. Provides
science/evidence-based objectives and targets. Data driven and measures progress over
time (10-year span). Designed to drive action to improve health, and is a collaborative
process.
2. Adolescent care
10 -14 yrs old
• Body changes
• Challenge authority
• Peer groups
• Values
• Focus on immediate impact of behaviors
o Smoking
o Drugs
o Alcohol
o Sex
o Eating disorders
, 15 - 17 yrs old
• Peer groups
• Independence; Family conflict
• Body image concern decreases
• Sexual drive
• Experimentation
• Risk taking
• Increased intellectual ability
• Health Promotion
o Drugs, alcohol, & tobacco
o Sex (safe or abstinence)
o Eating disorders
18 - 21 yrs old
• Emancipated
• Comfortable with body image
• Minimal peer influence
• Individual thinking & maturity
o Goals, consequences of behavior, less risk taking, ethics/values
• Health Promotion
o Safe sex
o Drugs, alcohol & tobacco
o Driving
Physical Issues:
