[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 4115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1302]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Meeting of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces 
the next meeting of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services 
(Task Force). The Task Force--an independent, nonfederal body of 
nationally known leaders in public health practice, policy, and 
research who are appointed by the CDC Director--was convened in 1996 by 
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to assess the 
effectiveness of community, environmental, population, and healthcare 
system interventions in public health and health promotion. During this 
meeting the Task Force will consider the findings of systematic reviews 
and issue recommendations and findings to help inform decision making 
about policy, practice, and research in a wide range of U.S. settings. 
The Task Force's recommendations, along with the systematic reviews of 
the scientific evidence on which they are based, are compiled in the 
Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, February, 16, 2011 from 
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST and Thursday, February 17, 2011 from 8:30 
a.m. to 1 p.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: Atlanta Marriott Century Center, 2000 Century Blvd., NE., 
Atlanta, GA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Dodge, Division of Community 
Preventive Services, Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Office 
of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, phone: (404) 498-0554, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose: The purpose of the meeting is for 
the Task Force to consider the findings of reviews and issue 
recommendations and findings to help inform decision making about 
policy, practice, and research in a wide range of U.S. settings.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Effectiveness of small media client-
oriented screening interventions to decrease breast, cervical and 
colorectal cancers; privatization of alcohol retail sales; school 
dismissal policy to reduce influenza transmission; client or family 
incentives to reduce vaccine preventable diseases; clinic based 
education when used alone to reduce vaccine preventable diseases; and 
extended school hours to promote health equity. New reviews on 
cardiovascular disease and skin cancer will also be discussed.
    Meeting Accessibility: This meeting is open to the public, limited 
only by space available.

    Dated: January 7, 2011.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-1302 Filed 1-21-11; 8:45 am]
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