Healthy People 2000

Oral Health

December 15, 1999
2-4:00 p.m. EST

This progress review will be broadcast on the Public Health Training Network. Details on how to review the broadcast are provided on the Public Health Training Network home page.

Dr. David Satcher, Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General, will be joined by a panel of experts representing the public and private health sectors. Dr. Harold C. Slavkin, Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH); Dr. Claude Earl Fox, Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Dr. William Maas, Director, Division of Oral Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); and Dr. Edward Sondik, Director, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will review progress toward the targets for the objectives in priority area 13, Oral Health, of Healthy People 2000. The meeting will 1) provide a progress review of Healthy People 2000 objectives on oral health; 2) offer an opportunity for those gathered in participating states to discuss key issues with Dr. Satcher and the panel; and, 3) explore actions that might be taken in your state to improve the health of all Americans through prevention and early detection during the next decade.

The primary objectives of this meeting are to:
Assess progress made in achieving the Healthy People 2000
objectives for oral health.
Highlight effective programs that have made an impact on
progress and identify barriers that have hindered improvement.
Gain an understanding of how these national objectives are
translated into opportunities for action.

Presentation made by:
Diane K. Wagener, Ph.D.
for
Edward J. Sondik, Ph.D.

Briefing Book Materials:
Objective Charts (in black and white)
View/download PDF 159KB
Objective Charts (in color)
View/download PDF 85KB
Disparity Charts
View/download PPT 144KB
Download PowerPoint Viewer

Data Section
Summary tables
View/download PDF 20KB
Individual objective tables
View/download PDF 45KB
Dispartiy Tables
View/download PDF 60KB

Related Sites
Agencies/Offices/Programs
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Healthy People 2000 Oral Health Web Page
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Oral Disease and Condition Web Page
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
Health Resources and Services Administration

Data Systems
National Vital Statistics System
National Health Interview Survey
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Other NCHS Sites
Healthy People 2000
Clinical Preventive Services
Diabetes and Chronic Disabling Conditions
Educational and Community-based Programs
Family Planning
Food and Drug Safety
Heart Disease and Stroke
Immunizations and Infectious Diseases
Maternal and Infant Health
Mental Health and Mental Disorders
Occupational Safety and Health
Oral Health
Unintentional Injuries
Violent and Abusive Behavior

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