[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6811]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Meeting

    Name: National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Musculoskeletal 
Team and Health Care Focus Group Meeting.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., April 27, 1998.
    Place: Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington DC 
20005, telephone 202/371-1300.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: The NORA Musculoskeletal Committee is hosting a series of 
meetings to gather information, from a large array of partners, 
regarding important needs and issues with respect to prevention of 
musculoskeletal disorders in the health care industry. These meetings 
will use focus groups to elicit areas of concern as expressed by 
representatives of various health care sectors. The present meeting 
will address the following sectors: Acute care, ambulatory care, home 
health care, and long-term care.
    The Committee will share with each specific sector a series of 
questions helpful in identifying potential research needs. Each sector 
will develop their own list of research needs. After the three regional 
meetings are completed, the NORA Musculoskeletal Team will combine the 
research needs into a consolidated list. The researchers will be asked 
to identify research activities which can address research needs 
identified at the regional meetings. A separate meeting of 
musculoskeletal researchers is proposed for summer 1998.
    The goal of these meetings is to develop a research agenda that 
reflects the needs and information gaps identified by individuals who 
confront musculoskeletal disorders frequently, including those in 
industry, labor, and professional and non-professional groups. Output 
from the meeting will consist of a research agenda for health care, as 
well as transcripts. Meetings will be audio-taped to develop the 
transcript of the meeting, and to describe the process as well as the 
final outcome. Once the research agenda has been established, work will 
begin on the implementation process.
    The goal of this process is to include diverse groups in the 
process of addressing and examining research needs of musculoskeletal 
disorders in the health care field and approaching practical ways of 
implementation and funding of this research. The goal is reflected in 
the motto of the NORA Musculoskeletal Committee: ``Promote Health and 
Reduce Lost Work Time.''

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Bruce Bernard, NIOSH, CDC, 4676 
Columbia Parkway, R-10, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone 513/841-4589, 
e-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: March 10, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-6811 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]
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