Perspectives on Future Health Care: Presented to the Division of Health Psychology at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC

Title:
Perspectives on Future Health Care: Presented to the Division of Health Psychology at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC
Creator:
Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013
Date:
24 August 1982
Description:
This speech reviewed the success and remaining challenges of federal public health initiatives in the areas of immunization, infant mortality, blood pressure control, and smoking cessation during the three years since U.S. Surgeon General Julius Richmond, Koop's predecessor, laid out numerical goals for improving the nation's health in his two reports, "Healthy People: Disease Prevention and Health Promotion," and "Promoting Health and Preventing Disease: Objectives for the Nation." Koop paid particular attention to the difficulty of convincing citizens of a democracy to change their behavior and lifestyle for the sake of improving their health, in the absence of governmental authority to compel such changes.
Location:
Box: 103. Folder: 66
Rights:
Public Domain
Genre:
Speeches
Subject:
Public Health, Smoking Cessation, Preventive Medicine, and Health Behavior
Format:
Text
Extent:
24 pages
Relation:
Perspectives on Future Health Care: Presented to the Division of Health Psychology at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC [Reminiscence], 2003
Language:
English
Legacy ID:
QQBBBV
NLM ID:
101584930X16
Profiles Collection:
The C. Everett Koop Papers
Shareable Link:
https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X16
Story Section:
Biographical Information