Lecture 6 - Role of Federal Gov Flashcards
What is the “Health department of the federal government”?
HHS (Human Health Services)
When was HHS established?
1953
What is the mission of HHS?
protect the health of all americans and provide essential human services
Who is the current secretary of HHS?
Xavier Becerra
What is PHS?
Public Health Services
Who is the head of the PHS?
Surgeon General
What is the surgeon general’s position?
nation’s leading spokesman on matters of public health
How is the surgeon general appointed?
by the president with the advice and consent of the senate for a 4 year term of office
Who does the surgeon general report to?
Assistant secretary for health
When did the position of surgeon general become very visible?
when everett koop spoke out on AIDS and tobacco
Who is the current surgeon general?
vice admiral vivek murphy
Before the FDA was established, who regulated food and drug industries?
individual states
When was the FDA established?
1938
What did the 1906 food and drugs act say?
prohibited addition of any ingredients that would substitute for food, conceal damage, or pose a health hazard. Label could not be misleading and the presence of different dangerous substances had to be listed
What pushed the FDA to be established?
Tennessee drug company incident where over 100 people died from consuming an untested drug, marketed as a “miracle drug”
