[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 24744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11407]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services announces the following advisory committee 
meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Subcommittee on Populations.
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., May 22, 2003; 8:30 a.m. 
to 5:30 p.m., May 23, 2003.
    Place: J.D. Morgan Athletics Center, The Press Room, UCLA 
Athletics, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The Subcommittee on Populations. NCVHS, is holding a 
hearing to discuss issues relating to statistics for the 
determination of health disparities in racial and ethnic 
populations. The focus will be on issues related to the collection 
and use of data on race and ethnicity for Asian American, Native 
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations. Invited panelists will 
address methodologic issues (e.g., misclassification, small area 
analysis, confidentiality concerns) on the collection of data on 
race and ethnicity, use of mixed race data, language issues, 
measurement of ethnic identity, and perspectives on variables beyond 
race and ethnicity needed to determine health disparities in racial 
and ethnic groups.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information about this 
meeting as well as summaries of past meetings and a roster of committee 
members may be obtained from Audrey L. Burwell, Office of Minority 
Health, 1101 Wooton Parkway, 6th Floor, Room 600, Rockville, Maryland 
20852, telephone: (301) 443-9923, e-mail [email protected]; or 
Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for 
Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 
2413, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone: (301) 
458-4245. Information also is available on the NCVHS home page of the 
HHS Web site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/ where an agenda and more 
details about participation in the meeting or Subcommittee 
deliberations will be posted when available.


    Dated: May 1, 2003.
James Scanlon,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Data Policy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 03-11407 Filed 5-07-03; 8:45 am]
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