United States Department of Health and Human Services

High school (ages 12+)
Human Body

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/united-states-department-of-health-and-human-services

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was United States Department of Health and Human Services built?Reorganized from Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1979
2. What is the location?Washington, D.C
3. What is the motto?Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America
4. What is the Department of Health and Human Services?The Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, is a big part of the U.S. government that helps keep people healthy and safe. It makes rules and programs about medicine, hospitals, and caring for people who need help.
5. What does the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps do?The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is a group of uniformed health workers who travel to places that need help, like during a health emergency or in communities that don't have many doctors. They help keep people healthy and safe.

Cabinet-level Executive Department: A principal department of the U.S. federal government, headed by a Secretary who is a member of the President's Cabinet.
Public Health Policy: Decisions, plans, and actions undertaken to achieve specific public health goals within a society.
Social Determinants of Health: Conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.