[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71653-71654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34378]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National 
Council on Folic Acid; Meeting

    Name: Preventing Neural Tube Birth Defects with Folic Acid: 
Working Together for Healthier Babies.
    Times and Dates: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., January 28, 1999: 8:30 a.m.-3 
p.m., January 29, 1999.
    Place: The Doubletree Hotel, Pentagon City--National Airport, 
300 Army-Navy Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22202. Telephone 703/845-
1010, fax 703/845-2610.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: The National Conference is sponsored jointly by the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National 
Council on Folic Acid to provide the following opportunities to:
    1. Premiere folic acid prevention plans for all national 
partners and provide information, tools, and training for these 
partners to assist in the campaign.
    2. Inform state and local partners about plans for the campaign; 
propose collaborative efforts; and provide training for activities 
at the state and local level; discuss funding opportunities for 
state and local campaigns.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include presentations 
on (1) The Science of Prevention with Folic Aid; (2) The Campaign--
Plans, Partners, PSAs; (3) New Sources of Funding; (4) Personal 
Impact of Living with Spina Bifida; (5) Summary of Conference and 
Charge to Action. A concurrent session with be held on the following 
topics: (1) Creating a community campaign with the Resource Guide; 
(2) Partnering: How to mobilize your community and build resources; 
(3) Health communications: Testing messages and materials, defining 
audiences, using available materials; (4) Evaluation: Building 
evaluation in from the beginning, usefulness of various evaluation 
techniques; (5) Accessing minority audiences (using Hispanics as 
examples); (6) Working with the media on your campaign, Strategies 
for using CDC campaign materials; (7) Business partners' potential 
roles in the campaign; (8) Health care professionals, key to the 
campaign; (9) Community-based organizations as campaign partners.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. 
Registration is required.
    Contact Person for More Information: Linda Mitchell, Birth 
Defects and Genetic Diseases Branch, Division of Birth Defects and 
Developmental Disabilities, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, m/s 
F-45, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724. Telephone 770/488-7703, fax 770/
488-7197.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities, for

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both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: December 22, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-34378 Filed 12-28-98; 8:45 am]
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