Word: satcher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Durham says that Satcher had the medically under-privileged in mind from the very beginnings of his career...
...addition to providing treatment plans for needy people, Satcher also emphasized prevention programs. During his term as director, the breast-cancer-screening program expanded from 18 to all 50 states. Satcher also created initiatives to promote childhood immunization...
...Satcher also laid the groundwork for an early detection system for food-borne illnesses and decreased the nation's response time for containing infectious diseases...
Broome says that Satcher stressed the importance of physical education and activity in order to help prevent disease...
...solution to his concerns that America was more sedentary than ever before and that obesity was becoming a national epidemic, Satcher encouraged "individual behavior changes," and an environment conducive to physical activity...