PUBLIC LAW 98-459—OCT. 9, 1984
98 STAT. 1789
expenditures and 50.5 percent of Federal health care (nonmilitary) expenditures, and as our population ages the percentage of Federal health care dollars absorbed by older individuals will inevitably increase; "(5) older individuals consume more prescription and overthe-counter drugs than any other age group and are therefore more likely to be exposed to two or more active drugs which negatively interact; "(6) many of the health problems faced by older individuals and the fear of those health problems can be ameliorated and in some cases prevented if proper health education and training is available; "(7) health education and training focused specifically on the needs of older individuals can play an important role in health promotion and illness prevention and simultaneously help reduce medical costs for both individuals and the Government; "(8) the educational institutions of public health, the medical sciences, psychology, pharmacology, nursing, social work, health education, nutrition, and gerontology have much to offer in the design and implementation of health education and training services for older individuals; and "(9) the existing 3,300 multipurpose senior centers established under this Act which already serve over 9,000,000 older individuals each year, are appropriate points of contact from which health education and training can be provided, but there is currently no uniform, standardized program consistently in place across the Nation. "PURPOSES
"SEC. 703. The purposes of this title are to provide the necessary resources, leadership, and coordination (1) to design a uniform, standardized program of health education and training for older individuals; (2) to directly involve graduate educational institutions of public health in the design of such program; (3) to directly involve the graduate educational institutions of public health, the medical sciences, psychology, pharmacology, nursing, social work, health education, nutrition, and gerontology in the implementation of such program; (4) to implement such program in multipurpose senior centers established under this Act; and (5) to evaluate such program.
42 USC 3058a.
"OLDER AMERICANS PERSONAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM
"SEC. 704. (a) In order to foster and promote the design and implementation of a health education and training program for individuals who are 60 years of age or older, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereinafter in this title referred to as the 'Secretary') shall establish an older individuals personal health education and training program within the Administration on Aging. "(b)(1) In order to carry out the provisions of this title, the Secretary, through the Administration on Aging, shall make grants and enter into contracts with public or private institutions of higher education having graduate programs with capability in public health, the medical sciences, psychology, pharmacology, nursing, social work, health education, nutrition, or gerontology in order to
Grants. Contracts with 42 USC 3058b
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