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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Cerebral Palsy Prevention Research Workgroup--Public Meeting

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

    Name: Cerebral Palsy Prevention Research Workgroup--Public 
Meeting.
    Time and date: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., December 12, 1994.
    Place: CDC, Auditorium B, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333.
    Status: Open to invited scientists with expertise in the 
prevention and amelioration of Cerebral Palsy, others interested in 
Cerebral Palsy prevention and research, and the general public.
    Purpose: Cerebral Palsy is a non-progressive multihandicapping 
condition caused by organic brain damage before, during, or soon 
after birth. Cerebral Palsy has a prevalence rate of about 3/1,000 
births in the United States. Researchers believe that the etiology 
of Cerebral Palsy is associated with numerous perinatal factors, 
such as maternal infections, physical trauma, premature birth, very 
low birthweight, anoxia, hemorrhaging, malnutrition of the mother, 
poor prenatal and postnatal care, and environmental hazards during 
pregnancy. Although Cerebral Palsy has no cure, CDC is actively 
seeking preventive measures based on population prevalence and 
epidemiologic risk factors associated with Cerebral Palsy.
    Matters to be discussed: At the meeting, CDC will provide a 
forum for scientific discussion of the state of prevention of 
Cerebral Palsy based on current scientific data.
    Contact person for additional information: Joseph G. Hollowell, 
Jr., M.D., Chief, Developmental Disabilities Branch, (F-15), NCEH, 
CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., Chamblee, Georgia 30341, telephone 
404/488-7360.

    Dated: November 14, 1994.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-28633 Filed 11-18-94; 8:45 am]
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