[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32507-32508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15374]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Guide to Community Preventive Services Task Force; Meeting

    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: 8:45 a.m.-5:15 p.m., June 23, 1999. 8:30 a.m.-3:15 
p.m., June 24, 1999.

PLACE: The Sheraton Hotel Atlanta, Courtland and International 
Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, telephone 404/659-6500.

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

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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: an overview of Activity 
changes and plans; a review of progress on the development of Guide 
chapters; an update on the dissemination/implementation efforts related 
to the Guide; an update on the Vaccine Preventable Disease Chapter, 
dissemination activities related to such as well as the discussion of 
the ``chapter at work'' or its impact to date; an update on several 
chapters including Sociocultural Environment, Diabetes, Alcohol and 
Prevention of Mental Disorder; an update on the Guide database 
activities; an update on selected ``Healthy Aging'' project activities 
by the Health Care Financing Administration; a discussion about the 
Economic Evaluation Methods utilized in development of the Guide and a 
discussion on the conceptualization of the Guide and overall 
dissemination strategies.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Stephanie Zaza, M.D., 
M.P.H., Chief, CPS Guide 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, 1999.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services office has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to 
announcements of the meetings and other committee management 
activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 
the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: June 11, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-15374 Filed 6-16-99; 8:45 am]
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