[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66198-66199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26092]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Docket No. CDC-2019-0112]
Priority Topics for the Community Preventive Services Task Force
(CPSTF); Request for Information
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the opening of
a docket to obtain public comment to identify topics of public health
importance that will form the basis of Community Preventive Services
Task Force (CPSTF) evidence-based recommendations. CDC will use this
information to support the CPSTF in its selection of priority topics to
guide its work over the next five years. This docket will provide the
opportunity to expand the current body of knowledge and identify
important evidence gaps.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 23, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0112, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Julie Zajac, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Office of the Associate Director for Policy and Strategy,
Community Guide Office, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mail Stop V25-5, Atlanta,
GA 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to http://regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided. For access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Zajac MPH, Community Guide
Office, Office of the Associate Director for Policy and Strategy,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mail
Stop V25-5, Atlanta, GA 30329. Phone: 404-498-1827; Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation
Interested persons or organizations are invited to participate by
submitting written views, recommendations, and data. In addition, CDC
invites comments specifically on the following questions:
1. What public health topics should be prioritized for CPSTF
systematic reviews assessing the effectiveness and economic merits of
public health programs, services, and other interventions?
2. What is the rationale for choosing these topics?
3. What are examples of published studies on interventions within
these topics?
Possible domains to consider in answering these questions include
(but are not limited to):
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Burden of disease and preventability
Presence of important health disparities
Alignment with national efforts (e.g., Healthy People 2020 or
2030)
Ability to provide users with an adequate menu of options for
addressing the health topic (i.e., recommendations or findings for
multiple interventions within the same topic)
Balance across public health topics
Complementary work of other bodies that provide guidance or
recommendations on addressing health issues (e.g., U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices).
Specific citations or websites that support suggested topics,
rationale, or demonstrate available evidence would be helpful. Please
feel free to respond to any or all of the questions.
Please note that comments received, including attachments and other
supporting materials, are part of the public record and are subject to
public disclosure. Comments will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, do not include any information in your
comment or supporting materials that you consider confidential or
inappropriate for public disclosure. Note that personal information
such as name, contact information, or other information that identifies
an individual appearing in the body of submitted comments will be on
public display. CDC will review all submissions and may choose to
redact or withhold submissions containing private or proprietary
information such as Social Security numbers, medical information,
inappropriate language, or duplicate/near duplicate examples of a mass-
mail campaign.
Previous Areas of Focus: The CPSTF conducted the previous
prioritization process in 2015 and identified the following list of
topics to guide its work:
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control
Diabetes Prevention and Control
Environmental Health
Injury Prevention
Mental Health
Obesity Prevention and Control (includes Nutrition)
Older Adult Health
Physical Activity
Sleep Health
Social Determinants of Health
Substance Abuse (e.g., Prescription Drug Overdose)
Violence Prevention
Background
When communities need to know how to protect and improve their
population's health, they turn to The Community Guide, a collection of
evidence-based recommendations and findings from the CPSTF. The CPSTF
makes evidence-based recommendations about the effectiveness and
economic merits of public health programs, services, and other
interventions used in real-world settings--such as communities,
worksites, schools, faith-based organizations, military bases, public
health clinics and departments, and integrated healthcare systems.
Systematic reviews are conducted in accordance with the highest
international standards, using a transparent and replicable methodology
that accounts for the complexities of real-world public health
interventions. CPSTF recommendations are based on systematic reviews,
which help make sense of large bodies of scientific literature by
applying the scientific process to summarize evidence about the
effectiveness of particular approaches for addressing a public health
problem. CDC provides administrative, scientific, and technical support
for the CPSTF.
The CPSTF periodically updates its priority topics so that its
recommendations are responsive to changes in evidence, burden of
disease, changing epidemiology, and changes in how interventions are
delivered (e.g., use of technology). The CPSTF uses a multi-stage
process to identify and prioritize topics. A prioritization committee
seeks input from its members and liaison organizations, subject matter
experts, public health authorities, the public, and other stakeholders.
The topic areas identified are then ranked and prioritized by the full
CPSTF using established criteria.
The criteria established by the CPSTF (such as the domains listed
above) are then applied to each of the identified topics and presented
to the full CPSTF for its discussion, expert assessment, and arrival at
a final set of priorities.
CDC welcomes input to this docket from a diverse range of
perspectives. The input will inform CDC's support to the CPSTF in its
work to select priority topics and will improve the credibility and
transparency of the process.
Dated: November 27, 2019.
Sandra Cashman,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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