EC Community & Public Health Nursing Alma Ata & Millennium Development Goals Essay

Instructions: 3-4 pages long, 3 references. My college submits all written assignments to Turnitin.

1st discussion

Declaration of Alma-ata. Please discuss your position on the following:

Do you agree with the WHO’s definition of health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease of infirmity”?

Why or why not?

Do you agree with the declaration’s claim that health is a socio-economic issue?

Why or why not?

Do you believe that it is the responsibility of the state to provide adequate health and social measures?

Why or why not?

Do you think that primary care has a role in improving outcomes?

Why or why not?

2^nd discussion

As the target year (2015) for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approached, the global community realized that updated targets were necessary for the international development goals so that progress could be effectively measured. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted on September 25, 2015, succeeding the Millennium Development Goals, pronounced that, “We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want to heal and secure our planet.” The Sustainable Development Goals embody a one-health strategy—healthy people living on a habitable planet.

Your assignment must contain the following elements: Why was it important to transition from MDGs to SDGs?

• A statement that describes the differences between the MDGs and SDGs.
• Identification and explanation of at least two individual (person-level) health behaviors/behavioral factors that improved as a result of MDGs.
• Identification and explanation of at least two areas and populations in which MDG targets were not reached.
• Identification and explanation of at least two attitudes or preconceptions that may increase and/or decrease the probability of targets being reached.
• A discussion of at least two social environmental factors that may influence targets in specific populations.
• A discussion of at least two physical environmental factors that may influence targets in specific populations.
• A discussion of at least two policy level changes that will be necessary for targets to be reached in specific populations.