Community care partnership: planning with the community

We are at the threshold of transitioning from an illness delivery system to a health delivery system. "Partnerships for Health in the New Millennium," kicked off in January 2000 by Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Surgeon General David Satcher, launching "Healthy People 2010," have provided us with the prevention agenda for our nation. The leadership challenge ahead for us in the communities where we live and work is to develop a shared vision of health with our community partners which is committed to eliminating disparities in health for all our populations.