November 17, 1999
2-4 p.m. EST This progress review will not be broadcast.
Dr. David Satcher,
Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General will be joined by a panel of experts to
discuss the topic of occupational safety and health. Dr. Linda Rosenstock, Director of the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and Dr. Edward Sondik, Director of
the National Center for Health Statistics will review the progress of the objective in the
Occupational Safety and Health priority area in Healthy People 2000. The participants will
focus on the following topics:
The Changing Nature
of Work and the Workforce
Musculoskeletal
Disorders
Health Care Workers