Consultative Process 1995 Healthy People Consortium expanded to include all State mental health, substance abuse, and environmental agencies to encourage their participation in the development of the objectives and their use of the objectives at State and local levels.
States participating include Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Oregon, Minnesota, Missouri, and South Carolina.
Healthy People Consortium member focus groups review Healthy People 2000 evaluating what has been useful and should be preserved and what should be recast. Lessons Learned . Keynote speaker Dr. Ilona Kickbusch, Director of the Division of Health Promotion, Education, and Communication of the World Health Organization, delivers keynote address. July 1997 Partnership for Prevention, a Healthy People Consortium member, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, establishes the Healthy People Business Advisory Council to increase the involvement of the business community in Healthy People 2010 development. Keynote speakers representing minority population groups address disparities in health.