213356 Healthy People 2020: Shaping public health policies in the next decade

Monday, November 9, 2009: 8:30 AM

Rear Admiral Penelope Slade-Sawyer, PT, MSW , Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD
For three decades, the Healthy People initiative has helped define public health policies and programs. This presenter will discuss the current public health priorities and how they are reflected in Healthy People and project how these priorities, policies and programs may evolve and the effect that evolution will have on Healthy People 2020. The presentation will also define ways in which various users of Healthy People objectives can implement them in their specific settings.

Learning Objectives:
Discuss how the objectives can be translated into actionable steps in a variety of settings.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) at the US Department of Health and Human Services. I advise the Assistant Secretary for Health in developing and implementing national disease prevention and health promotion policies and programs.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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