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COMMITTEE ON LEADING HEALTH INDICATORS FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010
Roger Bulger, MD, (Chair),* Executive Director,
Association of Academic Health Centers, Washington, DC
Neal Halfon, MD, MPH, Professor,
School of Public Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles
Barbara S. Hulka, MD, MPH,* Kenan Professor,
Department of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Thomas J. Kean, MPH, President,
Strategic Health Concepts, Inc., Englewood, CO
Scott C. Ratzan, MD, MPH, Executive Director,
Health Communication Technology and Educational Innovation, Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC
Stephen C. Schoenbaum, MD, MPH, Vice President and Regional Medical Director,
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England, Providence, RI
Mark Smith, MD, MBA, President and CEO,
California Health Care Foundation, Oakland
Shoshanna Sofaer, DrPH, Schering Plough Professor of Health Policy,
Baruch College
Robert B. Wallace, MD, Professor of Preventive and Internal Medicine and Director,
Cancer Center, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Iowa
Staff
Carole A. Chrvala, Study Director
Kelly Norsingle, Project Assistant
Kathleen R. Stratton, Director,
Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Donna D. Duncan, Division Assistant
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Acknowledgments
Healthy People has been a product of the efforts of many agencies and individuals during the course of the past two decades. The committee wishes to express its appreciation to the June, 1998 public session presenters for providing an excellent overview of the Leading Health Indicators as they relate to Healthy People 2010. These presentations spoke to many of the issues under consideration by the committee and we appreciated the participants' insights.
The presenters were: Edward Sondik, National Center for Health Statistics; Mike Stoto, Institute of Medicine; Ronald Bialek, Public Health Foundation; Thomas Milne, National Association of City and County Health Officers; Laverne Snow; Association for State and Territorial Health Officers; and Olivia Carter-Pokras, Office of Minority Health. The committee would also like to thank Michael McGinnis for providing his summary of Leading Indicators for Health People 2010.
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC's Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their participation in the review of this report: Erwin Bettinghouse, AMC Cancer Research Center; Ross Brownson, St. Louis University; Paul Frame, Tri-County Family Medicine; Gary Gunderson, Interfaith Health Program; and LaDene Larsen, Utah Public Health Association; and Hugh Tilson, Glaxo Wellcome Company.
While the individuals listed above have provided constructive comments and suggestions, it must be emphasized that responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.
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