[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48261-48262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23279]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Announcement of Cooperative Agreement With the Association of 
Teachers of Preventive Medicine

AGENCY: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of 
Public Health and Science, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of single source cooperative agreement with the 
Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine.

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    Authority: Sections 1701 and 1703 of the Public Health Service 
Act, as amended.


Purpose: The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 
announces it is continuing to support a single source Cooperative 
Agreement with the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine 
(ATPM) for ATPM to complete its management of certain fellowship and 
residency rotation programs of the Office of Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion.

SUMMARY: The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) 
announces that it will continue to support a single source Cooperative 
Agreement with the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine 
(ATPM) so that ATPM may complete its work with a consortium of 
societies of teachers of primary health care and preventive medicine to 
select and manage the Luther L. Terry Preventive Medicine Fellowship 
and related activities, including support for a preventive medicine 
residency rotation. Approximately $257,000 will be available in FY 2001 
funds to support this non-competitive cooperative agreement.

DATES: This award will begin on or before September 30, 2001, for a 9-
month budget period with a project period ending June 30, 2002. Funding 
estimates may change.

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ADDRESSES AND CONTACT: Ms. Sally Jones, Administrative Officer, Office 
of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and 
Science, Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., room 738-G, Washington, DC 20201; Telephone (202) 260-
7654. An application for this award should be submitted by the ATPM and 
received by Ms. Jones no later than close of business September 28, 
2001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion (ODPHP) uses cooperative agreements with national 
organizations to support its mandate to provide leadership to promote 
health and prevent disease among Americans through management and 
coordination of the implementation of Healthy People 2010, the nation's 
health objectives for this decade. Through cooperative agreements, 
ODPHP has forged public-private partnerships to extend the reach and 
effectiveness of its work. This program addresses especially the 
Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators. For a copy of Health 
People 2010, visit the Internet site: http://health.gov/healthypeople.
    ODPHP intends to provide financial assistance of about $257,000 to 
the Assistance of Teachers of Preventive Medicine to: (a) Complete the 
process of managing the 2000-2002 Luther L. Terry Preventive Medicine 
Fellowship; (b) work with a consortium of societies of teachers and 
practitioners of primary health care and preventive medicine to 
complete the process of selecting the 2002-2004 Luther L. Terry 
Preventive Medicine Fellowship; (c) complete the management of an 
ODPHP/ATPM fellow in health promotion and disease prevention to 
facilitate implementation of the Leading Health Indicators; (d) 
complete support for 2001-2002 preventive medicine residents (and 
residents in other relevant specialities) to experience residence 
rotations in a health policy setting as part of their residency 
program; and (e) prepare a report on the process for recruitment, 
selection, and management of the Luther Terry fellowship and the 
preventive medicine residency rotations including suggestions for 
improvements and enhancements. These programs provide a link between 
ODPHP and the primary care and preventive medicine education community 
in the furtherance of Healthy People 2010 implementation.

Eligible Applicants

    Assistance will be provided only to the Association of Teachers of 
Preventive Medicine (ATPM). No other applications are solicited for 
this activity. ATPM is the most appropriate and qualified organization 
to conduct the activities under this cooperative agreement because:
    1. The work involved is solely to complete activities already 
initiated through the current cooperative agreement. Transferring 
responsibility for the remaining tasks to a new organization at this 
point in time would be disruptive and unproductive.
    2. ATPM has a documented ability to build and maintain effective 
fellowship and residency programs in collaboration with federal health 
agencies and more specialized medical societies. It has developed and 
maintains fellows and residency programs for the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, and the Health care Financing Administration. The 
current Luther. L. Terry Preventive Medicine Fellowship, begun in 1985 
with ATPM management, continues to function effectively and with 
guidance from a consortium of specialized societies, including the 
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the Society of General Internal 
Medicine, and the Ambulatory Pediatric Association.
    3. ATPM provides the structure and experience for institution 
programs that strengthen disease prevention and health promotion at all 
levels. Through its own membership and mission, ATPM has developed 
unique knowledge and understanding of the clinical preventive services 
and the Healthy People objectives. One of its major objectives is to 
advance preventive medicine and public health in the education of 
physicians and other health professionals. Thus, ATPM members will 
benefit directly from these post-graduate opportunities in health 
promotion and disease prevention.
    Availability of Funds: Approximately $257,000 will be available to 
fund one cooperative agreement. It is expected that this award will 
begin on or about September 30, 2001, and will be made for a 9-month 
budget period with a project period ending June 30, 2002. Funding 
estimates may change.
    Use of Funds: Funds cannot be used for construction or renovation, 
to purchase or lease vehicles or vans, to purchase a facility to house 
project staff or carry out project activities, or to substitute new 
activities and expenditures for current ones.

Other Award Information

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number is 93.990. This 
program is not subject to the Intergovernmental Review of Federal 
Programs as governed by Executive Order 12372. This program is not 
subject to the Public Health System Reporting Requirement. ODPHP 
strongly encourages all grant recipients to provide a smoke-free 
workplace and promote the non-use of all tobacco products, and Public 
Law 103-227, the Pro-Children's Act of 1994, prohibits smoking in 
certain facilities that receive Federal funds in which education, 
library, day care, health care, and early childhood development 
services are provided to the children.

    Dated: September 12, 2001.
Mary Jo Deering,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion.
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