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Sleep Health: Healthy People 2020 Impact Paper Natalie Wangrycht Chamberlain College of Nursing NR503-Population Health Epidemiology and Statistical Principles November 2019 SLEEP HEALTH 2 Sleep... Health: Healthy People 2020 Impact Paper Healthy People provides a set of goals and objectives at ten-year increments that are created to improve the overall health of all Americans. They monitor progress over time to measure the impact of prevention activities, “empower Americans to make informed health decisions, and encourage collaborations among communities and sectors” (Healthy People 2020, 2019). The Healthy People 2020 initiative covers many topics and objective. However, this paper is going to focus merely on sleep health, specifically for school aged children and adolescents. The Healthy People 2020 goal for sleep health is stated to “increase public knowledge of how adequate sleep and treatment of sleep disorders improve health, productivity, wellness, quality of life, and safety on roads and in the workplace” (Healthy People 2020, 2019). Sleep health is identified as a significant public health problem that needs to be recognized due to the fact that sleep is an important contributor to physical and mental health for all humans and the fact that it is incredibly remediable (Chaput & Dutil, 2016). Healthy People 2020 (2019) state that sleep is a basic requirement for infants through adolescents’ health and development and the loss of sleep influences negative patterns of behaviors that affect individual and family health as well as interpersonal relationships. Overview, Background, and Significance of Sleep Health Insufficient sleep in adolescents has been shown to be associated with a wide variety of adverse outcomes such as poor mental and physical health, behavioral problems, lower academic grades, and an increase in risky behaviors (Wheaton, Chapman, & Croft, 2016). There is also evidence that suggest that insufficient sleep can cause weight gain and obesity (Chaput & Dutil, 2016). Healthy People 2020 (2019) reports that adequate sleep is necessary to fight off infection, support metabolism of sugar to prevent dia [Show More]

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