Meetings: Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020

Federal Register: April 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 72)

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Announcement of Second Meeting of the Secretary's Advisory

Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Objectives for 2020

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the

Secretary, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Disease

Prevention and Health Promotion.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health Service

Act, as amended. The Committee is governed by the provision of Public

Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets forth standards for the formation and use of advisory committees.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the second in a series of federal advisory committee meetings regarding the national health promotion and disease prevention objectives for 2020, to be held online (via Webex software). This

Committee meeting will be the equivalent of an in-person meeting of the

Committee and will be open to the public. The Secretary's Advisory

Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Objectives for 2020 will review the nation's health promotion and disease prevention objectives and efforts to develop goals and objectives to improve

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the health status and reduce health risks for Americans by the year 2020. The Committee will provide to the Secretary of Health and Human

Services advice and consultation for developing and implementing the next iteration of national health promotion and disease prevention goals and objectives and provide recommendations for initiatives to occur during the initial implementation phase of the goals and objectives. HHS will use the recommendations to inform the development of the national health promotion and disease prevention objectives for 2020 and the process for implementing the objectives. The intent is to develop and launch objectives designed to improve the health status and reduce health risks for Americans by the year 2020.

DATES: The Committee will meet on May 1, 2008, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Eastern Daylight Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held online, via WebEx software. For detailed instructions about how to make sure that your windows computer/browser is set up for WebEx, please visit the ``Secretary's

Advisory Committee'' page of the Healthy People Web site at: http:// www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/advisory/default.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carter Blakey, Designated Federal

Officer, Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Room LL- 100, Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 453-8250 (telephone), (240) 453-8281

(fax). Additional information is available on the Internet at http:// www.healthypeople.gov. For information on meeting logistics, please contact Hilary Scherer at HP2020@norc.org (e-mail), (301) 634-9374

(phone) or (301) 634-9301 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The names of the 13 members of the

Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease

Prevention Objectives for 2020 are available at http:// www.healthypeople.gov.

Purpose of Meeting: Every 10 years, through the Healthy People initiative, HHS leverages scientific insights and lessons from the past decade, along with the new knowledge of current data, trends, and innovations to develop the next iteration of national health promotion and disease prevention objectives. Healthy People provides science- based, 10-year national objectives for promoting health and preventing disease. Since 1979, Healthy People has set and monitored national health objectives to meet a broad range of health needs, encourage collaborations across sectors, guide individuals toward making informed health decisions, and measure the impact of our disease prevention and health promotion activities. Healthy People 2020 will reflect assessments of major risks to health and wellness, changing public health priorities, and emerging technologies related to our nation's health preparedness and prevention.

Public Participation at Meeting: Members of the public are invited to listen to the online Advisory Committee meeting. There will be no opportunity for oral public comments during the online Secretary's

Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Objectives for 2020 meeting. Written comments, however, are welcome throughout the development process of the national health promotion and disease prevention objectives for 2020 and may be e-mailed to

HP2020@hhs.gov.

To listen to the Committee meeting, individuals must pre-register to attend the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health

Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020 at the Healthy

People Web site located at http://www.healthypeople.gov. Registrations must be completed by close of business Eastern Daylight Time on April 28, 2008.

Participation in the meeting is limited. Registrations will be accepted until maximum WebEx capacity is reached. A waiting list will be maintained should registrations exceed WebEx capacity. Individuals on the waiting list will be contacted as additional space for the meeting becomes available.

Registration questions may be directed to Hilary Scherer at

HP2020@norc.org (e-mail), (301) 634-9374 (phone) or (301) 634-9301

(fax).

Dated: April 8, 2008.

Penelope Slade Royall,

RADM, USPHS, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, (Disease Prevention and Health Promotion), Office of Disease Prevention and Health

Promotion.

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