Instructions
Health Promotion Outline Presentation
For this assignment, you will choose an objective from
Healthy People 2030
and create an outline of the full presentation that will be due in Week 4.
The outline must address the following:
1. Identify Healthy People 2030 objective chosen by you.
2. List the problem addressed in the chosen objective.
3. List the epidemiology, incidence, prevalence, and cost-burden of the problem.
4. Provide a description of a specific population or problem.
5. Discuss how the policy is intended to improve the specific population.
6. List the specific legislators involved with/working on the problem and policy development related to the problem.
7. Discuss how the policy influences clinical practice and is used to promote best outcomes.
8. Examine how the policy can be used by the inter-professional team to improve the problem.
9. List three (3) references with one (1) peer-reviewed article.
Health Promotion Outline Presentation
Template
Student Name
Healthy People 2030 Objective: Reduce suicidal
thoughts in lesbian, gay, or bisexual high school
students
• Problems Addressed
• Suicidal Risk in LGBTQ high school students
• Increase services for mental health for LGBTQ high school students
• Develop national surveys that collect data health data on LGBTQ high school students
• Epidemiology, Incidence, Prevalence, and Cost-Burden of the Problem
• 58.5 percent of sexual minority students in grades 9 through 12 reported that they experienced suicidal ideation in the past
12 months in 2017 (Target 52.1 percent) (Healthy People, 2030)
• Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among high school aged your after unintentional injury.
• One LGBTQ youth between the ages of 13–24 attempts suicide every 45 seconds in the U.S.
• The economic income with the average cost of suicide estimated at $802,939.
• Description of the Problem
• Suicide is a leading cause of death among youths; however, many more youths are at risk for suicide as a result of
experiencing suicidal ideation, making suicide plans, and attempting suicide, making a focus on nonfatal suicidal behavior a
crucial public health priority.
Reduce suicidal thoughts in lesbian, gay, or
bisexual high school students
• Objective Intent
• Mandate sexual orientation and gender identity data collection in all Health and Human Services data collection effort.
• Invest in policies, programs, and practices that address LGBT youth substance use, suicidality, and bullying in schools.
• Reduce suicidal thoughts in transgender students.
• Legislators on Mental Health and Youth Suicide Prevention
• Congresswoman Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
• Congressman Lois Frankel (D-FL)
• State Senator Bobby Powell Jr. (D-West Palm Beach Florida)
• Improvements in Clinical Practice and Promote Best Practices
• Assessment of depression/anxiety & suicidality with each primary care visit – Best Practice.
• Certified Suicide Prevention Schools providing mental health counselors and suicide prevention programs.
• Mental health parity in primary care practices – Improvement in Clinical Practice
Reduce suicidal thoughts in lesbian, gay, or
bisexual high school students
• Inter-professional Teams
• When facing youth who have suicidal problems, the interprofessional team must perform competent health
assessments of suicide risk and develop strategies to prevent suicide. The health care teams must work together to
assess and maintain environmental safety, develop protocols, policies, and practices consistent with suicide
awareness and prevention.
References
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP). (2021, March 21). LGBT.
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browseobjectives/lgbt#:~:text=Healthy%20People%202030%20focuses%20on,sexual%20orientation%20and%20gender%20identity
.
ODPHP. (2021, March 21). Reduce suicidal thoughts in Lesbian, gay, or bisexual high school students – LGBT-06.
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/lgbt/reduce-suicidal-thoughts-lesbian-gay-orbisexual-high-school-students-lgbt-06
Pontes, N., Ayres, G. & Pontes, M. (2020). Trends in depressive symptoms and suicidality: Youth risk behavior survey. Nursing
Research, 69(3), 176-185. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000424