[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 8650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4288]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Translation Advisory Committee for Diabetes Prevention and
Control Programs: Meeting
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 committee meeting.
Name: Translation Advisory Committee for Diabetes Prevention and
Control Programs.
Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., March 10, 1998. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.,
March 11, 1998.
Place: The Georgian Terrace, 659 Peachtree Street, Atlanta,
Georgia 30308, telephone 404/897-1991.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
Purpose: This committee is charged with advising the Director,
CDC, regarding policy issues and broad strategies for diabetes
translation activities and control programs designed to reduce risk
factors, health services utilization, costs, morbidity, and
mortality associated with diabetes and its complications. The
Committee identifies research advances and technologies ready for
translation into widespread community practice; recommends broad
public health strategies to be implemented through public health
interventions; identifies opportunities for surveillance and
epidemiologic assessment of diabetes and related complications; and
for the purpose of assuring the most effective use and organization
of resources, maintains liaison and coordination of programs within
the Federal, voluntary, and private sectors involved in the
provision of services to people with diabetes.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include a discussion of
public health issues pertinent to the role of future program models
best suited for Diabetes Control Programs in the Division of
Diabetes Translation (DDT) priorities. Agenda items are subject to
change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Margaret Hurd, Committee
Management Specialist, DDT, National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S
K-10, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3717, telephone 770/488-5505.
Dated: February 13, 1998.
Julia M. Fuller,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-4288 Filed 2-19-98; 8:45 am]
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