David Satcher Professions : Former United States Surgeon General Born : March 2, 1941 Browse All Authors Top 15 quotes by David Satcher There is no health without mental health. David Satcher mental-health The challenge is to become part of the struggle, to make a positive difference. David Satcher differences struggle challenges This is no time to let down our guard on youth violence. Research demonstrates that appropriate interventions made during or prior to adolescence can direct young people away from violence toward healthy and constructive lives. David Satcher healthy research people Many people believe that dealing with overweight and obesity is a personal responsibility. To some degree they are right, but it is also a community responsibility. When there are no safe, accessible places for children to play or adults to walk, jog, or ride a bike, that is a community responsibility. David Satcher responsibility believe children I'm convinced that we can shape a different future for this country as it relates to mental health and as it relates to suicide. David Satcher different suicide country The same things that lead to disparities in health in this country on a day-to-day basis led to disparities in the impact of Hurricane Katrina. David Satcher hurricanes impact country The people of this country desperately need to engage in an open and honest debate about mental health. David Satcher country people needs People tend to think of overweight and obesity as strictly a personal matter, but there is much that communities can and should do to address these problems. David Satcher community people thinking Otis Brawley is one of America's truly outstanding physician scientists. In How We Do Harm, he challenges all of us-- physicians, patients, and communities-- to recommit ourselves to the pledge to 'do no harm.' David Satcher community challenges america Our nation's blood supply is safer than it's ever been, and it's getting safer as we speak. David Satcher nations speak blood We believe that more than 4 percent of the children in this country suffer ADHD... We want to know how to better identify and refer children for treatment. David Satcher believe country children Seventy-five percent of women who smoke would like to quit, and yet only two to three percent quit every year... It's significant because we can help women quit smoking. David Satcher marijuana two years I'm not being critical of the leaders of the CDC. David Satcher top-news After [the CDC] got beat up so badly in the mid-1990s, they're rightfully afraid to do anything. They're afraid to say the words 'guns' or 'firearms'. David Satcher top-news I would like to think I would. I like to think I'd be a brave person, but I'm not so sure. David Satcher top-news Similar Authors C. Everett Koop former-united-states-surgeon-general Richard Carmona former-united-states-surgeon-general All Authors
