It is important to strengthen partnerships. Recognizing the limited resources and the competition for resources, its extremely critical that groups work together. Those working on housing, education, criminal justice, labor and health issues need to have stronger communications and more colloborations in efforts to get more done with less. Sonja Hedlund Public Health Representative, Healthy Start Program New York State Health Department Spoke about the importance of making a critical review and the need for implementing changes in the public health sector. Members of the Healthy People Steering Committee and Work Group Coordinators described their work to date.
Chapters are now available and open for public comment.
Comments were made about the importance of receiving input on all twenty-six focus areas of Healthy People 2010 and particularly the two chapters on Substance Abuse and Heart Disease and Stroke. Members of the audience commented that for change in health behaviors to occur, many need to be involved, including families.