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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service

 

Availability and Request for Comment on the Healthy People 2000 
Midcourse Revisions

SUMMARY: The U.S. Public Health Service of the Department of Health and 
Human Services has developed and is requesting public comment on the 
Draft for Public Review and Comment: Healthy People 2000 Midcourse 
Revisions. This set of national health objectives was first published 
in 1990. As the midpoint of the decade approaches, new science, new 
data, and new information are available to be incorporated into the 
nation's prevention agenda. The revisions take the form of proposed new 
objectives, new special population subobjectives, changes in language, 
and target revisions. The proposals reflect the availability of new 
information or scientific findings on prevention and new data 
indicating disparities in health status among special populations. The 
proposed revisions are printed within the context of the Healthy People 
2000 objectives published in 1990.

DATES: Written comments must be postmarked or submitted by close of 
business November 30, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the Draft for Public Review and 
Comment: Healthy People 2000 Midcourse Revisions can be faxed to (202) 
205-9478, or mailed to: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion), U.S. Public Health Service, 
Department of Health and Human Services, 330 C Street, S.W., Room 2132, 
Washington, D.C. 20201. Comments should be sent to the same address. 
Comments should be submitted as follows: An original of the comments 
and 3 copies should be submitted, typewritten if possible. Submissions 
on low-density 5\1/4\'' computer disks, using WordPerfect 5.1 are also 
encouraged. Comments should clearly identify the objective(s) to which 
they are directed and, if possible, comments for different priority 
areas (chapters) should be provided on separate pages to facilitate 
their distribution to the appropriate lead agencies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Kane or Debbie Maiese, Office of 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Public Health Service, 
330 C Street, S.W., 2132 Switzer, Washington, D.C. 20201, Telephone 
(202) 205-8583.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background of Health People 2000

    The Public Health Service (PHS), Department of Health and Human 
Services, has led a nationwide process to formulate and monitor 
national disease prevention and health promotion objectives since 1980. 
The year 2000 objectives build upon the 1990 objectives effort, which 
was initiated in 1979 with the publication of Health People: The 
Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, 
which led to the 1980 publication, Promoting Health/Preventing Disease: 
Objectives for the Nation.
    The Public Health Service lead agencies for the 22 Healthy People 
2000 priority areas have developed the revision proposals that are now 
made available for public review and comment. Public comment will be 
considered by the appropriate lead agency. The Office of Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion, in the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary of Health, serves as the overall coordinator for the 
dissemination and processing of the public comments.
    A new PHS report, Healthy People 2000 Midcourse Review and 
Revisions, featuring the final revisions and a status report on 
progress in achieving targets for the year 2000, will be published in 
1995.

    Dated: September 26, 1994.
Jo Ivey Boufford,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health.
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