Human Growth and Development
HOSA 2020 Exam
Healthy People 2020 - an evidence-based 10-year report card describing health-care
accomplishments within the United States from the years 2000 to 2010 and a prescription for what
needs to be done between now and the year 2020
[Enable the nation to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and create a social and physical
environment] that <promotes good health, quality of life, healthy development, and positive health
behaviors across all life stages> - What are the overarching goals of the Healthy People 2020 plan?
The US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) published it in 2011 - Who published
Healthy People 2020 and when?
Infants, Children, Teens and Young Adults, and Older Adults and the Geriatric population - What are
the four major age groups in Healthy People 2020?
Leading Health Indicators - Selected high priority issues for the current 10-year period
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. Oral health
8. Reproductive and sexual health
9. Nutrition, physical activity, and obesity
10. Substance abuse
11. Tobacco - What are the leading health indicators for 2020?
Determinants of health - The range of social, economic, and environmental factors that influence
health status
,Biology - Refers to the individual's genetic makeup, family history, and the physical and mental
health problems acquired during life
Behaviors - individual responses or reactions to internal stimuli and external conditions
Social environment - interactions with family, friends, coworkers, and others in the community
Physical environment - Thought of as that which can be seen, touched, heard, smelled, and tasted
Health status - Evaluating specific details of the determinants of health enables understanding of this
within the population
Birth and death rates, life expectancy, morbidity from a certain disease, access to health care, and
health-insurance coverage - How can health status be measured?
Life expectancy - the average number of years a person is expected to live
Rank 50 with an average life expectancy of 78.49 years - **Where does the United States rank on life
expectancy?
Gender, race, and education status and income - Life expectancy can be measured in terms of what?
Infant mortality rate - The number of deaths that occur before 1 year of age per 1000 live births
World Health Organization (WHO) - Which organization developed efforts towards worldwide health
improvement?
UN Millenium Declaration - What stated a series of goals, targets, and indicators relating to health
and the alleviation of poverty?
1. Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger
2. Promoting gender equality and empowering women
,3. Reducing child mortality
4. Improving maternal health
5. Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other endemic diseases
6. Ensuring environmental sustainability
7. Establishing a global partnership to achieve the goals - What are the current Millennium
Declaration goals for global health?
Standards of Practice - The foundations of laws related to consumer protection
In 1750 Philadelphia - When and where was the first hospital for the poor established?
Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing - What was the name of the first nursing school in 1873 New
York?
Clara Barton - Who founded the American Red Cross in 1881?
The Mayo brothers - Who first came up with the idea of private-office healthcare practices in 1887?
American Medical Association, Rockefeller Foundation, and Carnegie Foundation - What three
organizations advocated professional care and devalued self care?
Plan of care - Developed as a tool for communication among team members and patients; Can be an
individual patient plan of care, family plan of care, or hospital care path that outlines the needs of
the patient and planned approach to meet those needs
Nurse practice acts - Define the scope of practice for nurses within that state
scope of practice - The identification of and legal limitations to the usual and customary skills
practiced by a professional
Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) - enables traveling nurses to function in multiple states
, informed consent - That a patient has received information regarding risks, advantages, and
alternatives available for a planned procedure in a language that can be understood by the patient
Accreditation - the process by which an institution is recognized as meeting specific predetermined
standards of care
Consumer Bill of Rights - Stresses the importance of the relationship between the health-care
provider and patient
1. Have choice of providers
2. Have access to emergency services
3. Take part in treatment decisions
4. Receive respect and nondiscrimination
5. Maintain confidentiality of health-care information
6. Have resources for complaint and appeal - What are the six consumer rights of the Consumer Bill
of Rights?
Medicare - A type of insurance program in which benefits are received after contributions are made
through payroll deductions
Medicaid - Similar to a welfare program in which benefits are provided on a basis of need or poverty
National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Which two
agencies write periodic reports concerning vital statistics, census data, and results of health surveys?
Federal Register - Federal legislation concerning health care is recorded and published in the what?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - Requires standards of safety be maintained
by employers to protect the health and safety of employees and mandates the reporting of injuries
sustained by workers
Managed Care Organization (MCO) - Attempt to standardize and control costs of healthcare
Health maintenance organizations - Provide care for prepaid members