Course for DPT students

1. HEALTHY PEOPLE
Dr. Mahnoor

2. Healthy People 2020
• Healthy People 2020 is a federal health promotion and disease
prevention agenda developed to improve the health.
• According to its developers, the vision of Healthy People 2020
is to promote “a society in which all people live long, healthy
lives.”

3. Goals
• As stated on its website, Healthy People 2020 strives to do the
following:
1. Identify nationwide health improvement priorities
2. Increase public awareness and understanding of the
determinants of health, disease, and disability and the
opportunities for progress
3. Provide measurable objectives and goals that are applicable at
the national, state, and local levels
4. Engage multiple sectors to take actions to strengthen policies and
improve practices that are driven by the best available evidence
and knowledge
5. Identify critical research, evaluation, and data collection need

4. • The overarching goals that Healthy People 2020 are the
following:
1. Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease,
disability, injury, and premature death
2. Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the
health of all groups
3. Create social and physical environments that promote good
health for all
4. Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy
behaviors across all life stages

6. LEADING HEALTH INDICATORS
• The leading health indicators identified for the next decade include the
following :
1. Access to health services
2. Clinical preventive services
3. Environmental quality
4. Injury and violence
5. Maternal, infant, and child health
6. Mental health
7. Nutrition, physical activity, and obesity
8. Oral health
9. Reproductive and sexual health
10. Substance abuse
11. Tobacco

7. ADDRESSING HEALTH CARE RISK FACTORS
• Every health care provider should be aware of common health
risks for any given population. Significant health disparities
exist between different ethnic groups.
• Although biological and sociological factors contribute to these
disparities, most disparities are caused by multifactorial
interactions involving genetic variation, sociocultural
influences, environmental factors (including availability of
healthy and nutritious food), and lifestyle behaviors.

8. • Strategies to address health disparities for minorities include
health promotion education, risk factor modification,
culturally competent health care delivery, and continued
research on factors contributing to racial and ethnic variances
in disease and injury.
• Income and education often go hand in hand as they relate to
access to health care information, activities, and programming.

9. Community Health Assessment aNd Group
Evaluation (CHANGE)
• Building a Foundation of Knowledge to Prioritize Community
Health Needs —An Action 22 is a community-oriented
planning guide based on Healthy People 2020 with the
purpose of encouraging individuals to participate in achieving
the overarching goals of the national initiative.
• “This action guide provides step-by-step instructions for
successfully completing the CHANGE too.

10. • The action steps for the CHANGE plan include the following :
1. Step 1: Identify and assemble a diverse team of 10 to 12 individuals
2. Step 2: Develop team strategy to complete CHANGE as a whole team
or divide into subgroups
3. Step 3: Review all CHANGE sectors .
4. Step 4: Gather data from individual sites or locations within each
sector
5. Step 5: Review data gathered with the community team
6. Step 6: Enter data
7. Step 7: Review consolidated data to determine areas of improvement
8. Step 8: Build the Community Action Plan by developing and
organizing annual objectives that reflect the collected data

11. HEALTH EDUCATION RESOURCES
• Health care providers must provide education that identifies
risk factors for poor health in target populations and discuss
effective strategies that can positively affect the well-being of
both that individual and the community at large.
• Although it is important to emphasize the importance of self
responsibility in managing lifestyle behaviors and optimizing
wellness through healthy habits, using a team approach to
health education and social support can expand access to
needed resources for populations at the greatest risk for health
disparities.
• The following topics target common health concerns for at-risk
populations

12. • Parents of young children
• Good nutrition
• Fitness activities
• Protection from preventable injuries
• Effective discipline Protection against childhood illness
• Protection in childhood sports activities
• Proper nutrition for physical activity
• Reducing childhood obesity
• Safety when swimming (including protection against skin
cancer

13. • Children aged 8 to 12 years
• Good nutrition
• Fitness activities
• Safety issues Playing it safe (protection in sports activities)
• Proper nutrition for physical activity
• Getting in shape (managing childhood obesity)
• Safety when swimming/protection against skin cancer
• Ergonomics (including wearing backpacks and sitting at the
computer)

14. • Adolescents
• Good nutrition
• Fitness activities
• Principles of fitness training
• Safety issues for athlete
• Protection against infections
• Proper nutrition for physical activity
• Screening for fitness Red flags for depression
• Prevention and management of obesity
• Pregnancy (healthy behaviors for a healthy baby)
• Pregnancy (ways to reduce back pain)

15. • Child development for teenage mothers/pregnant teenagers
• Screening for poor posture (including scoliosis)
• Changes leading to healthy lifestyle habits (starting exercise
programs and/or quitting smoking or other risky behaviors)
• Screening for stress
• Stress management
• Ergonomics for the workplace (computer users)
• Ergonomics for the workplace (manual labor)

16. • Young and middle-aged adults
• Good nutrition
• Fitness activities
• Principles of fitness training
• Choosing the right shoes for fitness training
• Proper nutrition for physical activity
• Screening for fitness
• Ergonomics for the workplace (computer users)
• Ergonomics for the workplace (manual labor)
• Red flags for depression
• Prevention and management of obesity Pregnancy (ways to reduce back pain)
• Child development for new mother

17. • Screening for poor posture Healthy lifestyle habits (quitting
smoking or other risky behaviors)
• Screening for diabetes
• Screening for heart disease
• Screening for stress
• Stress management Prevention of low back pain
• Medications (benefits and risks of commonly used over-the
counter drugs)
• Prevention of skin cancer Prevention of osteoporosis

18. • Older adults
• Reducing the risks of falls
• Good nutrition
• Physical activities for health and wellness
• Principles of fitness training for older adults
• Choosing the right shoes for fitness training
• Proper nutrition for physical activity Red flags for depression How to
maintain healthy bones
• Ergonomics for computer users
• Ergonomics for the home
• Screening for stress
• Stress management
• Medications (the more you take, the more you need to know)

19. The Physical Therapist’s Role In Promoting
Health And Wellness.
• Major role as preventive practitioners.
• Role includes identifying risk factors and developing health
promotion strategies.
• Design customized exercises that enhance motor control and
improve overall fitness.
• The Physical Therapist determines an individual’s functional
capabilities by examining the requisite motor skills and
behaviors needed to perform tasks relevant to that person’s
role in society.
• So we deal with physical capabilities plus psychosocial
environment and well being.

20. • So we deal with physical capabilities plus psychosocial
environment and well being.
• According to Guide To Physical Therapist
• “Restore, maintain and promote not only optimal physical
function but optimal wellness and fitness and optimal quality
of life as it relates to movement and health.”
• So physical therapy include full spectrum of health and
wellness that includes preventing disease and illness as well as
optimizing health