[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 73 (Monday, April 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20122-20123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7681]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Select Panel on Preconception Care: Meeting

    Name: Select Panel on Preconception Care.
    Times and Dates: 12 noon-4:30 p.m., June 22, 2005. 8 a.m.-4:30 
p.m., June 23, 2005.
    Place: Marriott Century Center, 2000 Century Blvd NE. Atlanta, GA 
30345. (404) 325-0000, fax (404) 325-4920.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 65 people.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to seek the individual 
input of invited panelist, along with that of their peers, in drafting 
national recommendations for preconception care. The Select Panel on 
Preconception Care will consist of

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nationally recognized experts from a variety of disciplines--all which 
focus on preconception interventions aimed at promoting women's health 
and reducing adverse perinatal outcomes. The group will include experts 
in obstetrics, family practice, pediatrics, public health, nursing, 
reproductive health, toxic exposures, and chronic and infectious 
disease.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include: a review and 
discussion of relevant issues arising out of the National Summit on 
Preconception Care; the identification of priority areas for the 
development of recommendations; discussion of recommended interventions 
both before the first pregnancy and between pregnancies (i.e., 
preconception and interconception care), and on population-based and 
individual-level interventions; and the reconvening of the Panel to 
finalize recommendations. Additional agenda items include: updates from 
organizational representatives (i.e., March of Dimes, American College 
of Obstetrics and Gynecology) on current initiatives; an update on 
activities from CDC preconception care workgroup representatives, 
future topics and scheduling the next meeting.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Conctact: Christopher S. Parker, MPH, MPA, 
Designated Federal Official, National Center on Birth Defects and 
Developmental Disabilities, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., (E-86), 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/498-3098, and fax 404/498-3820.
    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 CDC and ATSDR.

    Dated: April 11, 2005.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-7681 Filed 4-15-05; 8:45 am]
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