Explore the Healthy People 2020 web site, http://www.healthypeople.gov

Please select one of the topic areas in Healthy People 2020. Prepare a brief paper (one or two single spaced pages) addressing each of these questions:

• What topic area did you select and why?
• What goal is identified on Healthy People for that topic area?
• Why is this focus area an important area, i.e. why does it merit attention?
• What are some recent examples of the importance of this issue (can be local, regional, national, global examples – might be an event, a news item, new research findings, etc.)?
• What are some of the important issues related to this focus area?
• What suggestions do you have for making improvements in this topic area?

Grading will be based upon these factors:

• Compliance with the assignment instructions above, including addressing each question
• Demonstration that the Healthy People materials have been examined and incorporated into the response
• Responding to the questions in your own words vs. taking directly from the web site
• Readability of post and quality of writing, including spelling and grammatical considerations