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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1985
This paper contains testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine ways of controlling cancer. Opening statements are included from Representatives Claudine Schneider, Jim Lightfoot, and Ben Blaz. Testimonies are given by Rosemarie Lindgren, a homemaker and former cancer patient, and by Jules Cardin, a patient…
Descriptors: Cancer, Disease Control, Hearings, Medical Evaluation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1988
This document presents witnesses' testimonies and additional information from the Senate hearing held in Miami, Florida to examine the issue of preventive health services, focusing on risk reduction and health promotion programs for the elderly. The goal of the hearing was to examine efforts to identify people with high risks of developing a…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Health Promotion, Hearings, High Risk Persons
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1987
This document presents witness testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the issue of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the role of the Veterans' Administration (VA) in combating AIDS. Opening statements are included from Representatives G. V. Montgomery, J. Roy Rowland, Joseph P. Kennedy, II,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Futures (of Society)
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. – 1978
Proceedings from the second session of hearings on the Maternal and Child Health Care Act are presented in this document. A copy of the bill (H. R. 1702) which proposes the provision of comprehensive health care services for pregnant women and children from birth to age 18 is included. Also included are testimony and statements of expert…
Descriptors: Children, Federal Legislation, Health Education, Health Insurance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1985
A hearing was held to update information on progress toward immunizing the world's children against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, measles, and tuberculosis. Immunization programs are regarded as essential in the effort to break the infection-malnutrition cycle in children in developing nations. Witnesses at the hearing included…
Descriptors: Children, Communicable Diseases, Developing Nations, Disease Control
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1990
This document is a record of a hearing on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and young children in South Florida. Opening statements are provided by Congressmen George Miller, William Lehman, and Richard Durbin; a fact sheet on AIDS and young children in South Florida is also presented. Testimony is presented by the following: (1) Ana…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Reform. – 2001
This document contains the proceedings of a hearing on April 6, 2000, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform. The hearing addressed the increasing rate of children diagnosed with autism, possible links between autism and childhood vaccinations, and future needs of these children. After opening statements by…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Health, Children, Disease Control
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1984
This hearing was held in response to a request from the Congressional Black Caucus, which asked the subcommittees to find out if the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was doing everything possible to reduce infant mortality, especially the high death rate experienced by Blacks. The hearing opened with statements by both subcommittee…
Descriptors: Blacks, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1985
The document contains transcripts of a Congressional hearing on providing health promotion and disease prevention services to American Indians. The bill under consideration would add the following programs to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25, U.S.C. 1603): reduction of drug, alcohol, and tobacco use; improvement of nutrition and physical…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indian Education, American Indians, Disease Control
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1997
These hearings transcripts present testimony before the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources to address the question of how to improve the health care status of American children. The hearings addressed a range of issues relating to children's health from witnesses with expertise in pediatric care, public health, mental health, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Child Welfare
