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Concerns about the large toll that bone diseases are inflicting on the nation has led the Surgeon General to launch a major campaign aimed at improving bone health. A core component of this campaign was the Surgeon General's Workshop on Osteoporosis and Bone Health, held December 12th and 13th of 2002 in Washington, DC. This meeting served as an opportunity for key stakeholders to provide input on the most important priorities for The Surgeon General's Report on Osteoporosis and Bone Health, to be released in 2004.

Contents

• Introduction
• Workshop Proceedings
• Welcome
• The Burden of Disease: Bone Health, Osteoporosis, and Related Bone Diseases
  • Overview of Bone Health
  • Prevalence and Burden of Illness
  • The Costs to Society
  • Personal Perspectives
• The State of the Art Evidence for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention in Individuals Diagnosed with Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases
  • The Problem of Diagnosis
  • Current and Upcoming Treatments for Fracture Prevention
  • Development and Registration of Drugs for Osteoporosis
  • Diagnostic and Treatment Issues for Men and Minorities
  • Increasing Access to Screening and Treatment
  • Personal Perspectives
• Promoting Awareness and Action
  • Promoting Public Awareness through Social Marketing
  • Disseminating New Information
  • Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
  • Stage-Matched Interventions for Behavior Change
  • Educating Health Care Professionals
  • Learning from Other Campaigns
  • Personal Perspectives
  • The Role of the News Media in Educating the Public on Osteoporosis
• Promising Public Health Prevention Strategies for Individuals and Families in Communities
  • What Individuals Can Do to Assure Their Future Bone Health
  • Federal Programs to Promote Bone Health for All Ages
  • State and Community Programs to Promote Bone Health for All Ages
  • Personal Perspectives
• Opportunities in Behavioral and Social Sciences Research for Addressing Osteoporosis
• Visions for the Future
  • Achieving Healthy People 2010 Goals for Osteoporosis
  • Beyond 2010: Changing the Paradigm for an Aging Population
  • Policies to Promote Bone Health
• Break-out Group Recommendations for the Surgeon General’s Report
  • Challengs
  • Priorities
  • Key Lessons and Discussion from Break-out Group Recommendations
• Wrap-up Summary
• Appendices
  • Appendix A Speaker Biographies
  • Appendix B Participant List
  • Appendix C Improving Bone Health: Comments from the Surgeon General's Web Site
  • Appendix D Acknowledgments