Health Promotion Disease Prevention Advisory Council

Announcement of the Fourth Meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020 (Public Meeting via Internet Conferencing) Advisory Committee Members

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 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.

DATES: The Committee will meet on July 30, 2008, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

The meeting will be held online, via WebEx software. For detailed instructions about how to make sure that your windows computer and 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.

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 meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020.

Written comments are welcome throughout the development process of the national health promotion and disease prevention objectives for 2020. They can be submitted through the Healthy People Web site at: http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/comments/ or they can be e-mailed to HP2020@hhs.gov. Please note that the public comment Web site will be updated throughout the Healthy People development process, so people should return to the site frequently to provide their input.

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. Participation in the meeting is limited. Registrations will be accepted until maximum WebEx capacity is reached and must be completed by close of business Eastern Standard Time on July 29, 2008. 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.