[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31350]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Epidemiology Program Office, Office of the Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Announces the Following Meeting

    Name: Guide to Community Preventive Services (GCPS) Task Force 
Meeting.
    Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., December 15, 1997; 8 a.m.-4 
p.m., December 16, 1997.
    Place: Westin Peachtree Plaza, 210 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30326.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: The mission of the Task Force is to develop and publish a 
Guide to Community Preventive Services, based on the best available 
scientific evidence and current expertise regarding essential public 
health services and what works in the delivery of those services.
    Matters To Be Considered: Agenda items include (1) presentations 
and review of evidence tables and draft recommendations of 
interventions for the Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Motor Vehicle 
Occupant Injuries Chapters; (2) a discussion on the development of an 
explicit process to incorporate cost effectiveness into the development 
of the Guide; (3) a discussion on the role of the expert opinion in the 
development of the Guide; (4) organization of draft stand-alone topics 
and/or chapters; (5) a review of the plans to field test, and ``roll 
out'' sections of the Guide; and (6) a report from the Table of 
Contents Work Group regarding proposed introductory material ``Front 
Matter'' in the Guide.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for Additional Information: Marguerite Pappaioanou, 
Chief, Community Preventive Service Guide Development Activity, 
Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology 
Program Office, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S D-01, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, telephone 404/639-4301. Persons wishing to reserve a space for 
this meeting should call 404/639-4301 by close of business on December 
10, 1997.

    Dated: November 24, 1997.
John C. Burckhardt,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-31350 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
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