{"id":4217,"date":"2015-04-10T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/?p=4217"},"modified":"2015-03-12T13:46:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T17:46:40","slug":"friday-building-on-20-years-of-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/uncategorized\/friday-building-on-20-years-of-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday: Building on 20 Years of Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2015\/03\/NPHW_2.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4208\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2015\/03\/NPHW_2.jpg\" alt=\"NPHW_(2)\" width=\"290\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s celebrate our accomplishments and talk about what it will take to become the Healthiest Nation in One Generation!<\/p>\n<p>2015 marks the 20th anniversary of APHA coordinating National Public Health Week! The accomplishments of the public health community over the last two decades are significant. To become the Healthiest Nation in One Generation: <strong>experts <\/strong>need to support the integration of public health and primary care; <strong>policy decision makers<\/strong> need to understand and support funding for both a strong public health workforce and prevention programs proven to advance health; both <strong>national and local policy decision makers<\/strong> need to expand the consideration of health implications in all the policies they create; and <strong>the general public<\/strong> needs to make healthy choices for themselves and demand that everyone has an equal opportunity to make those same choices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts &amp; Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th Century \u2013 according to the CDC (and we agree!) include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Healthier Mothers &amp; Babies<\/strong> \u2013 Infant and maternal mortality rates have decreased in the U.S. Environmental interventions, improvements in nutrition, advances in clinical medicine, improvements in access to health care, improvements in surveillance and monitoring of disease, increases in education levels, and improvements in standards of living contributed to this remarkable decline.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Immunizations <\/strong>\u2013 Today, U.S. vaccination coverage is at record high levels! National efforts to promote vaccine use among all children has helped eradicate Smallpox and dramatically decrease the number of cases of Polio, Measles, Hib and other diseases in the U.S.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Motor Vehicle Safety<\/strong> \u2013 We\u2019ve seen a huge reduction in the rate of death attributable to motor vehicle crashes in the United States, which represents the successful public health response to a great technologic advancement (the motorization of America). The response has spanned government, public health and driver and passenger behavior.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Family Planning<\/strong> \u2013 Increased contraception use, public health education and other factors mean that, today, Americans face fewer unintended pregnancies and are far more likely to achieve desired birth spacing and family size.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tobacco as a Health Hazard <\/strong>\u2013 During 1964-1992, approximately 1.6 million deaths caused by smoking were prevented thanks to substantial public health efforts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decline in Deaths from Heart Attack &amp; Stroke<\/strong> \u2013 Still the country\u2019s top killers, the public health community has helped achieve remarkable declines in deaths from both diseases: since 1950, deaths from cardiovascular disease have declined 60 percent, and stroke rates have declined 70 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(For more visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/about\/history\/tengpha.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/about\/history\/tengpha.htm<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s next? <\/strong>Together we can create the healthiest nation in one generation.<\/p>\n<p>We have a lot of challenges to overcome, but it all starts with a simple first step:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/action.apha.org\/site\/PageNavigator\/pledge_2030.html?utm_source=NPHW&amp;utm_medium=NPHWWebsite&amp;utm_term=pledge&amp;utm_content=HN1G&amp;utm_campaign=Fridaypage\" class=\"broken_link\">Sign the pledge<\/a><\/span> to show your commitment.\u00a0 Ask others to sign as well because the more people who sign, the more influence we have to drive change.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/action.apha.org\/site\/PageNavigator\/petition_2030.html?utm_source=NPHW&amp;utm_medium=NPHWWebsite&amp;utm_term=petition&amp;utm_content=HN1G&amp;utm_campaign=Fridaypage\" class=\"broken_link\">Sign the petition<\/a><\/span> to ask our leaders to do their part.\u00a0 It will take change at both the local and national level to ensure our communities make a positive impact on our health.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s celebrate our accomplishments and talk about what it will take to become the Healthiest Nation in One Generation! 2015 marks the 20th anniversary of APHA coordinating National Public Health Week! 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