DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
AGENCY: Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion.
ACTION: Notice of second meeting.
| 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 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). |
[Federal Register: February 11, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 28)] [Notices]
[Page 6940-6941] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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