Dr. Claude Earl Fox, III, was appointed to the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) on November 26, 1995. Dr. Fox earned his medical degree from the University of Mississippi and a master's in public health from the University of North Carolina. He did his pediatric residency at the University of Mississippi and Johns Hopkins Hospital and is board certified by the American College of Preventive Medicine. Prior to joining ODPHP, Dr. Fox was the Regional Health Administrator for HHS Region III in Philadelphia. He has also served as the State Health Officer in Alabama and as the Deputy State Health Officer in Mississippi. Among his affiliations and activities have been President of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Chairman of the Alabama State Trauma Advisory Committee, Co-Chairman of the Governor's Task Force on Infant Mortality in Alabama, and Co-Chairman of the Alabama Legislative Advisory Commission on AIDS. He also served on the Executive Committee of the National Academy for State Health Policy and on the Board of Directors of the Alan Guttmacher Institute.
James Harrell, who served as Deputy Director of ODPHP since 1984, has left to assume a new position as the Deputy Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF). ACYF is the agency that administers Head Start; Child Welfare, including the Adoption Opportunities program; the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect; the Child Care program; and a Family and Youth Services program (including runaway and homeless youth).
The Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases~National Resource Center (ORBD~NRC) links patients, health professionals, and the public with resources and information on osteoporosis and related bone diseases. Operating under a grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, ORBD~NRC is run by the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) in partnership with The Paget Foundation and the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation. The goals of ORBD~NRC are to educate the public about bone diseases and specifically to increase accessibility of materials to populations with special needs. As part of the program, they have developed large print versions of several NOF publications. The Resource Center can be reached at (202)223-0344, (800)624-BONE, (202)223-2237 (fax), (202)466-4315 (TTY), and 1150 17th Street NW., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036.
President Clinton has announced a new nationwide 24-hour toll-free domestic violence hotline. The voice number is (800)799_SAFE, and for the hearing impaired the TDD number is (800)787-3224. The hotline will provide immediate crisis intervention to those in need. Callers can also receive counseling and be connected directly to help in their communities, including emergency services and shelters. The hotline will be run out of Austin, Texas by the Texas Council on Family Violence which received a $1 million grant from HHS to administer it.
The Partnerships for Networked Health Information for the Public conference video contains presentations given at the opening plenary session of the 3-day Partnerships '95 conference at the Annenberg Center in Rancho Mirage, California, May 14-16, 1995. It features speeches by C. Everett Koop and Dr. Reed Tuckson. A single copy is available for $10. Please send your name, organization, address and zip code with your check or money order to: National Health Information Center (NHIC), P.O. Box 1133, Washington, DC 20013-1133. The Summary Conference Report from the Partnerships '95 conference is also available. See the NHIC home page at http://nhic-nt.health.org. Select Partnerships '95.
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