[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 38452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18768]


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


Translation Advisory Committee for Diabetes Prevention and 
Control Programs: Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following committee meeting.

    Name: Translation Advisory Committee for Diabetes Prevention and 
Control Programs.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., August 15, 1996. 8:30 
a.m.-3 p.m., August 16, 1996.
    Place: Decatur Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Plaza, 130 
Clairemont Avenue, Decatur, Georgia 30030, telephone 404/371-0204.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose. This committee is charged with advising the Director, 
CDC, regarding policy issues and broad strategies for diabetes 
translation activities and control programs designed to reduce risk 
factors, health services utilization, costs, morbidity, and 
mortality associated with diabetes and its complications. The 
Committee identifies research advances and technologies ready for 
translation into widespread community practice; recommends broad 
public health strategies to be implemented through public health 
interventions; identifies opportunities for surveillance and 
epidemiologic assessment of diabetes and related complications; and 
for the purpose of assuring the most effective use and organization 
of resources, maintains liaison and coordination of programs within 
the Federal, voluntary, and private sectors involved in the 
provision of services to people with diabetes.
    Matters to be Discussed: Committee members will discuss 
assessment of CDC's State Diabetes Control Programs, the status of 
the National Diabetes Education Program, and goals and future areas 
of emphasis for the Division of Diabetes Translation.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Cheryl Shaw, Program 
Specialist, Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for 
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, 4770 Buford 
Highway, NE, M/S K-10, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/
488-5004.

    Dated: July 18, 1996.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-18768 Filed 7-23-96; 8:45 am]
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