[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 230] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-34238] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Meeting The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following workshop. Name: Workshop on Public and Occupational Health Concerns at Rocky Flats, Colorado. Time and Date: 3 p.m.-9 p.m., January 7, 1998. Place: Doubletree Hotel, 8773 Yates Drive, Westminster, Colorado 80030-3678, telephone 303/427-4000. Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people. Purpose: The purpose of this workshop is to provide guidance to public health researchers on the inclusion of communities in the planning, conduct, and application of research. History has demonstrated, when medical and public health science is planned and conducted in the absence of considering the social context of its work, people have been harmed. As a result, society has responded with laws and regulations to protect human subjects who participate in research. Lacking in this discussion has been the issue of planning and conducting research that involves and impacts communities. This workshop will provide a unique opportunity to open dialogue between government, communities, and researchers. This dialogue should result in a proposed framework through which CDC promotes public health, advances democratic principles, establishes an ethical basis for community-based research, enhances scientific credibility, and provides mechanisms for building public trust while advancing the science of public health. Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include presentations on the Dose Reconstruction Project, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health studies, and the Workers Medical Surveillance project. Time will be set aside for public comments and discussions, with Agency staff, followed by the workshop being divided into breakout sessions: (1) Environmental Health Issues and (2) Occupational Health Issues. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. Contact Persons for More Information: Michael J. Sage, Deputy Chief, Radiation Studies Branch (RSB), or Carolyn M. Hart, RSB, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, (F-35), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/ 488-7040, FAX 770/488-7044. Dated: December 30, 1997. Julia M. Fuller, Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [FR Doc. 97-34238 Filed 12-31-97; 12:53 pm] BILLING CODE 4163-18-M