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[Federal Register: August 15, 2000 (Volume 65, Number
158)]
[Notices]
[Page 49808-49809]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary; Meeting of the Secretary's Council on
National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2010
AGENCY: Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion.
ACTION: Notice of fourth meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is
providing
notice that the Secretary's Council on National Health Promotion
and
Disease Prevention Objectives for 2010 will hold its fourth annual
meeting, as mandated by its charter. Council members are charged
with
advising the Secretary on the development and implementation of
objectives for the Healthy People 2010 initiative. In this
meeting,
they will discuss with invited non-Federal representatives ways to
engage the energies of partnering organizations in collaboration
to
achieve the objectives, with a particular focus on the elimination
of
disparities in health.
DATES: The Council will hold its next meeting on September 12,
2000
from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 4:30 p.m. E.D.T.
ADDRESSES: Department of Health and Human Services, Sixth floor
conference room, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence
Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20201. The meeting is open to the public;
seating
is limited.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellis Davis, Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, Room 738G, Hubert H. Humphrey
Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201,
(202)
260-2873. The electronic mail address is: edavis@osophs.dhhs.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council was established by charter
on
September 5, 1996 to provide assistance to the Secretary and the
Department of Health and Human Services in the development and
implementation of health promotion and disease prevention objectives
to
enhance the health of Americans by 2010. The charter was renewed
on
September 4, 1998 and is scheduled for a further renewal on
September
5, 2000. The Council meets approximately once a year and will
terminate
on September 5, 2002.
The Council is charged to advise the Secretary on the
achievement
of national health promotion and disease prevention goals and
objectives and to provide links with States, communities,
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and the private sector to ensure their involvement as collaborators
in
the on-going process. The Secretary of Health and Human Services
chairs
the Council, with the Assistant Secretary for Health as Vice
Chair.
Other members include the Operating Division Heads of the
Department
and the former Assistant Secretary for Health. Management and
support
services are provided by the Office of Disease Prevention and
Health
Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the
Secretary.
During its tenure, the Council has overseen the
development of
Healthy People 2010, the third generation of a national initiative
to
prevent disease and promote the health of the American people. The
2010
initiative was released to the public on January 25, 2000. At its
fourth meeting, the Council will address plans for implementing
the
initiative over the next ten years and strategies for involving
the
widest possible range of public and private sector organizations
in
efforts to realize the aims of the initiative. Joining the members
in
their discussions will be panelists representing State and local
governments, voluntary and professional associations, the business
world, and schools, civic and faith-based organizations. The
meeting
will give special attention to the challenge of eliminating by the
year
2010 disparities between U.S. population groups with respect to
health
status.
If time permits at the conclusion of the formal
agenda of the
Council, the Chair may allow brief oral statements of no more than
three minutes in length from interested parties and persons in
attendance. The meeting is open to the public; however, seating is
limited. Because of strict security in the Humphrey Building,
members
of the public who do not have a Federal government identification
card
should call Ms. Phyllis Carroll (202-205-8611) when they arrive in
the
building lobby to arrange for an escort to the meeting. If you
will
require a sign language interpreter, please call Ms. Carroll by
4:30
p.m. E.D.T. on August 29, 2000 to inform her of this need.
Dated: August 4, 2000.
Randolph F. Wykoff,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, (Disease Prevention and
Health
Promotion).
[FR Doc. 00-20620 Filed
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