N 493 University of Guam Unaddressed Health Concerns Discussion

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  1. Discuss aspects of a health concern not being addressed despite the efforts of services and partnerships involved and describe the ultimate outcome(s) or goal(s) from Healthy People 2020 relating to that specific health concern.

Answer the following questions to assist in data interpretation:

  • What similarities are apparent between the data that were gathered and the data that were generated?
  • What differences are apparent between the data that were gathered and the data that were generated?
  • What are the weakness and strengths of this community?
  • In what areas is improvement needed in this community?

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Running head: UNADDRESSED HEALTH CONCERNS

Unaddressed Health Concerns
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Unaddressed Health Concerns
Healthy People 2020 is a federal initiative concerned with identifying preventable health
threats and enforcing effective measures to address the threats. Through partnerships with groups
such as Edmonton Health Care Matters, Alberta Health and Service, and Healthcare Concern
Medical Group, the initiative has managed to attain remarkable strides in promoting a healthier
nation. However, there are still various preventable threats affecting society, and some remain
unaddressed despite the important partnerships. Indeed, health concerns such as bullying, child
obesity, mental health, substance abuse, drug overdoses, and cancer among others seem to be
overlooked, for they neither receive the funding nor the attention they deserve. Particularly,
cancer stands today as a major health concern not adequately addressed despite the efforts of
services and partnerships involved.
Cancer as an Overlooked Health Concern
The Healthy People 2020 initiative is primarily concerned with reducing the number of
new cancer cases. Primarily, the program is focusing on decreasing cancer illnesses and cancerrelated death in the efforts of elevating the health standards for all people today. However,
cancer remains a major threat to humanity especially considering the detrimental and lethal
impacts it induces on patients. More than 50 percent of cancer patients have the certainty of
being alive in the next five years, but it is hard to ignore the mortality rate of the disease in the
country. Besides, cancer survivors must undergo various painful and enduring therapies and
medical procedures such as chemotherapy.
The high threat level induced by cancer has led to Healthy People 2020 channeling
significant resources towards extensive cancer research, detection, and treatment. This approach
has yielded commendable results given that a decrease in incidence and mortality rates has been

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recorded for all cancer types (Healthy People 2020, 2020). Nonetheless, the disease continues to
devastate people’s lives, and it is significantly burdening the United States and the planet.
Certainly, th...

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