[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6940-6941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3380]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Meeting of the Secretary's Council on 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 second meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing
notice that the Secretary's Council on Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Objectives for 2010 will hold its second annual meeting, as
mandated by its charter. Council members are charged with the duty of
advising the Secretary on the development of objectives for the year
2010 and will have responsibility in this meeting for making
recommendations on the arrangement and content of a draft document to
be published for public comment later in the year.
DATES: The council will hold its next meeting on April 30, 1998 from
8:30 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,
S.W., Washington, D.C. 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, S.W., Washington, D.C. 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 of health
promotion and disease prevention objectives to enhance the health of
Americans by 2010. The Council meets approximately once a year and will
terminate two years from its charter date, unless renewed prior to its
expiration.
The Council is charged to advise the Secretary on the development
of national health promotion and disease prevention goals and
objectives and to provide links with States, communities, and the
private sector to ensure their involvement in the process of developing
these goals and objectives. 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 Secretaries 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 will oversee the development of
Healthy People 2010, the third generation of a national initiative to
prevent disease and promote the health of the American people. At its
second meeting, the membership will consider options for
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the proposed framework for the 2010 initiative based on an analysis of
public comments received during a 3-month period, which ended on
December 15, 1997. They will make recommendations on the format to be
adopted for publication in the fall of 1998. The members will also
discuss proposals for 2010 objectives as provided by the HHS agencies
after consideration of public comments. The Council's recommendations
will form the basis of a draft of the 2010 objectives to be published
concurrently with the draft format.
If time permits at the conclusion of the formal agenda of the
Council, the Chair may allow brief oral statements 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. Gloria Robledo (202-401-7736) 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. Robledo by 4:30 p.m. E.D.T. on April 17, 1998 to inform her of this
need.
Dated: January 29, 1998.
Susanne A. Stoiber,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion).
[FR Doc. 98-3380 Filed 2-10-98; 8:45 am]
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