[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 23 (Friday, February 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 6011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2143]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Guide to Community Preventive Services (GCPS) Task Force

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting:
    Name: Task Force on Community Preventive Services.
    Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-7 p.m., February 16, 2005. 8 a.m.-1 p.m., 
February 17, 2005.
    Place: The Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 265 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303-1294, telephone (404) 577-1234.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    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 and what works in the delivery of those services.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include: briefings on 
administrative information, release of the Community Guide book, 
dissemination of Community Guide findings and the book, work with the 
Campbell and Cochrane Collaborations, using reviews conducted by 
external groups to support Community Guide recommendations, update on 
collaborative review of HIV risk reduction for men who have sex with 
men (MSM), possible recommendations for HIV partner counseling and 
referral services (PCRS), reducing the harmful consequences of trauma 
among juveniles, one-on-one interventions and multi-component media to 
increase cancer screening, culturally competent health care systems, 
update and finalizing of recommendation outcomes for the alcohol 
reviews.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Persons interested in reserving a space for this meeting should 
call 404/498-6180 by close of business on February 9, 2005.
    Contact Person or Additional Information: Peter Briss, M.D., Chief, 
Community Guide Branch, Coordinating Center for Health Information and 
Service, National Center for Health Marking, Division of Prevention 
Research, 1600 Clifton Road, M/S E-90, Atlanta, GA 30333 (404) 498-
6180.
    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 
both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: January 31, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-2143 Filed 2-3-05; 8:45 am]
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