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The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Office of Public Health and Science,
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, works to
strengthen the disease prevention and health promotion priorities of the Department within
the collaborative framework of the HHS agencies. View
ODPHP Strategic Plan. |
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Highlights
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- Steps to a HealthierUS (Steps) — Steps is the
Department's initiative to advance the President's HealthierUS
goal of helping Americans live longer, better, and healthier lives. It will
identify and promote programs that foster healthy behaviors and prevention.
Priority areas for the Steps initiative are diabetes, obesity, asthma,
heart disease, stroke, and cancer; also included are poor nutrition, physical
inactivity, tobacco use, and youth risk taking. Visit
www.healthierus.gov/steps/.
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 — Published jointly with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture every 5 years since 1980, this publication is the
statutorily mandated basis for Federal nutrition education activities. Visit
http://www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines/.
- healthfinder.gov — healthfinder.gov is a gateway Web
site linking consumers and professionals to over 6,000 health information
resources from the Federal Government and its many partners since 1997. Visit
http://www.healthfinder.gov/.
- Healthy People 2010 — Healthy People 2010 presents a
comprehensive set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives
developed to improve the health of all people in the United States during the
first decade of the 21st century. Visit
http://www.healthypeople.gov/.
- Healthy People 2010 Health Communication Focus Area — The
six objectives in the focus area represent a range of key issues in health
communication. They address the diffusion of the Internet to households, the
quality of health Web sites, health literacy, provider-patient communication,
research and evaluation of communication programs, and Centers of Excellence
in health communication. Visit
http://www.healthypeople.gov/document/HTML/Volume1/11HealthCom.htm.
- Luther L. Terry Senior Fellow serves as the Senior Clinical
Advisor in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP),
which is located within the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) in the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Visit
http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/projects/LutherTerry.htm
for more information.
- National Health Information Center (NHIC) — This
Internet-accessible clearinghouse with a toll-free number provides a central
health information referral service for consumers and professionals using a
database of more than 1,700 national associations, Government agencies, and
other organizations. Visit
http://www.health.gov/nhic or call
1-800-336-4797.
- Prevention Communication Research Database (PCRD) — PCRD is an
online, searchable collection of audience communication research conducted or
sponsored by HHS agencies on key prevention topics. The PCRD highlight
communication-related research findings that may not be widely known or
published in peer-reviewed journals. Visit
http://www.health.gov/communication/.
Also view the PCRD e-Letter
online.
- Other ODPHP Projects
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Publications
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Contact
RADM Penelope Slade Royall, P.T., M.S.W.
Director
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary
1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite LL100
Rockville, MD 20852
Voice (240) 453-8280
Fax (240) 453-8282
http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov
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Updated
February 27, 2008 |