[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32886-32887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15927]


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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); Meeting

    Name: Guide to Community Preventive Services (GCPS) Task Force 
Meeting.
    Times and Dates: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., June 22, 1998; 8 a.m.-3 p.m., 
June 23, 1998.
    Place: The Wyndham Garden Hotel, 3340 Peachtree Road, NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30326, telephone (404) 231-1234.

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    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 a discussion on 
DHHS Initiative to Eliminate Disparities in Health; Report on 
Methods Development (including a discussion on cost effectiveness); 
a review of evidence on interventions on Vaccine Preventable 
Diseases (VPD); a presentation on the layout of the VPD Chapter; the 
plan to field test the VPD Chapter; the review of evidence, layout 
and field testing of the Motor Vehicle Occupant Injury chapter; 
reports on the Physical Activity and Tobacco Chapters; plans for 
implementation and evaluation of the Guide; and plans for publishing 
chapters of the Guide in peer-review journals.
    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 June 17, 1998.

    Dated: June 10, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-15927 Filed 6-15-98; 8:45 am]
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