Educational
and Community-based Programs Progress Review
November
3, 1999
2-4:30 p.m. EST
This
progress review will be broadcasted from Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), Gaithersburg, Maryland. 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. Claude Earl Fox, M.D., Administrator of Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA); Kathy Cahill, M.P.H., Associate Director
for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, CDC, and Dr. Edward Sondik, Director
of the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), will review the progress towards the targets for the
objectives in the Educational and Community-based Programs area of Healthy
People 2000. Participants, listed in the agenda
will then engage in a discussion that covers four educational and
community-based settings: school, worksite, healthcare, and community.
Program
Objectives:
Assess progress made
in achieving the Healthy People objectives for Educational and
Community-Based Programs (ECBP).
Highlight effective
programs that had an impact on progress, and understand barriers that have
hindered improvement.
Gain an understanding
of the Healthy People 2010 ECBP objectives for schools, worksites,
healthcare sites, and the community-at-large.
Participate with Dr.
Satcher and leaders from government and the private sector in discussing
how the 2010 objectives can be translated into opportunities for action.