[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4561-4562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1904]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Meeting of the Community Preventive Services Task Force

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 Community Preventive Services Task Force 
(CPSTF). 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

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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 22, 2012 from 
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., EST and Thursday, February 23, 2012 from 8:30 
a.m. to 1 p.m. EST.
    Logistics: The Task Force Meeting will be held at the Emory 
Conference Center at 1615 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329. Information 
regarding logistics will be available on the Community Guide Web site 
(www.thecommunityguide.org), Wednesday, January 25, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allyson Brown, The Community Guide 
Branch, Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Office of 
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E-69, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, phone: (404) 498-0937), email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose: The purpose of the meeting is for the Task Force to 
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.
    Matters to be discussed: Matters to be discussed: Updates on 
Tobacco, Skin Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Mental Health, and 
Alcohol.
    Meeting Accessibility: This meeting is open to the public, limited 
only by space availability.

    Dated: January 17, 2012.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-1904 Filed 1-27-12; 8:45 am]
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