Overview
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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(ODPHP)
The division of the US Office of Public Health and Science that has sponsored programs and initiatives in collaboration with professional academies and colleges in the health-related specialties, such as the work of the US Preventive Services Task Force on screening and early detection protocols. This office also developed the 10-year health goals for the United States defined and discussed in Healthy People 2000, Healthy People 2010, etc. See http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/.