[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 168 (Friday, August 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45821-45822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23189]


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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: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., September 16, 1997. 9 a.m.-12 
noon, September 17, 1997.
    Place: Crown Plaza Ravinia, 4355 Ashford-Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30346, telephone 770/395-7700.
    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

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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: Agenda items include a discussion of 
public health issues pertinent to the role of economic analysis in 
the Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT) priorities, as well as, 
the challenges of diabetes in Latino/Hispanic communities. Agenda 
items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Margaret Hurd, Committee 
Management Specialist, DDT, National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S 
K-10, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-5505.

    Dated: August 25, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-23189 Filed 8-28-97; 8:45 am]
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