[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11011-11012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5533]
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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, DHHS.
ACTION: Notice of third 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 third annual
meeting, as mandated by its charter. Council members are charged with
advising the Secretary on the Development of objectives for the Healthy
People 2010 initiative. In this meeting they have responsibility for
reviewing the draft objectives and other documents. The 2010 initiative
is to be released to the public in January 2000.
DATES: The Council will hold its next meeting on April 23, 1999 from
9:00 a.m. to approximately 4:00 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 establish 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 charter was renewed on September 4, 1998. The
Council meets approximately once a year and will terminate on September
5, 2000.
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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
development 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 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. At its
third meeting, the membership will review the framework and objectives
for 2010 as revised by Department agencies after consideration of
comments received from the public during a 3-months' period that ended
on December 15, 1998. The Council will also discuss other documents
that will accompany the compilation of objectives, including a policy
guide, a statistical review, and options for a set of leading health
indicators. The discussions will conclude with the members' review of
plans for a 3-day event in late January 2000 to introduce the 2010
initiative to the public.
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 April 9, 1999 to inform her of this need.
Dated: February 26, 1999.
Linda D. Meyers,
Acting Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
[FR Doc. 99-5533 Filed 3-5-99; 8:45 am]
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