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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Meeting

    The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announces the following meeting.

    Name: The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Prevention Technical 
Assistance Workshop.
    Time and date: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., November 7, 1994.
    Place: The Atheneum Suite Hotel and Conference Center, 1000 
Brush Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226, telephone (313) 962-2323.
    Status: Open to recipients of CDC FAS Prevention and Research 
Cooperative Agreements, recipients of Disability Prevention Program 
Cooperative Agreements with FAS project activities, others 
interested in FAS prevention and research, and the general public.
    Purpose: FAS is a birth defect syndrome which is the most common 
environmental cause of mental retardation. Studies estimate that 
there are about 8,000 new cases of FAS each year, even though the 
cause has been known since the early 1970's. Although FAS has no 
cure, it is preventable. CDC is actively involved in research on the 
prevalence of FAS in different populations, epidemiologic risk 
factors associated with FAS, methods for identifying specific women 
at risk for having children with FAS, and what types of intervention 
strategies will be most successful at reducing the incidence of FAS.
    Matters to be discussed: At the meeting, CDC will provide 
technical and administrative assistance to States and universities 
currently receiving CDC funding for the implementation of research 
and prevention programs related to FAS.
    Contact person for additional information: Louise Floyd, D.S.N., 
Chief, FAS Prevention Section, Developmental Disabilities Branch, 
(F-15), NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Chamblee, Georgia, 
30341, telephone 404/243-7370.

    Dated: October 18, 1994.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-26242 Filed 10-21-94; 8:45 am]
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