[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 65 (Monday, April 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 16819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8905]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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.-5:15 p.m., April 14, 1998; 8 a.m.-3:30 
p.m., April 15, 1998.
    Place: The Georgian Terrace, 659 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 
30308, telephone 404/897-1991.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 40 people.
    Purpose: The mission of the Task Force is to develop and publish a 
Guide to Community Preventive Services, which is 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 Discussed: Agenda items include: Setting priorities 
for the assessment of topics to be included in the Guide; report by the 
Methods Work Group; review and discussion of the draft chapter on 
Vaccine Preventable Diseases; discussions on cost effectiveness and 
plans for field testing; updates by the Tobacco Chapter Development 
Team, the Physical Activity Chapter Development Team, and the Violence 
and Abusive Behavior Chapter Development Team; evaluating the 
effectiveness of compound interventions; and plans for dissemination of 
the Guide.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for Additional Information: Marguerite Pappaioanou, 
Chief, GCPS 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 interested in reserving a space for this meeting should 
call 404/639-4301 by close of business on April 7, 1998.

    Dated: March 25, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-8905 Filed 4-3-98; 8:45 am]
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