Healthy People 2000: Citizens Chart the Course

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This report has two purposes:

First, it provides important information for those drafting objectives at all levels. The report does not relate every statement made in the testimony, but instead highlights major themes, puts the testimony in context, and spells out the implications of this testimony for setting objectives. All of the testimony has been distributed to the groups writing the national objectives, and this report serves as a guide to that material. Groups drafting objectives for states or local areas, or for other organizations, should also find the structure created by this report and the material summarized here useful.

Second, it serves as the record of a unique process in which over 1,000 concerned health professionals and laymen from all regions of the country contributed their knowledge and experience to the building of national objectives for health promotion and disease prevention. Those present at the regional hearings were uniformly impressed with the level of commitment that the participants exhibited to the objectives-setting process and to the activities that the objectives address. To build broader commitment to the Year 2000 Health Objectives, this report recognizes the contributions these individuals made and documents their efforts.