[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5308-5310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2473]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Statement of
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as
amended most recently at 64 FR 2903-2904, dated January 19, 1999) is
amended to reflect organizational changes within the National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). The
restructuring will (1) abolish the Office of Surveillance and Analysis
within the Office of the Director, NCCDPHP; (2) retitle the Division of
Chronic Disease Control and Community Intervention as the Division of
Adult and Community Health and restructure the functions of the
Division; and (3) retitle the Division of Nutrition as the Division of
Nutrition and Physical Activity and restructure the functions of the
Division.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
After the functional statement for the Office of the Director
(CL1), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (CL), delete in their entirety the title and functional
statement for the Office of Surveillance and Analysis (CL11).
After the functional statement for the Office of the Director
(CL21), Division of Adolescent and School Health (CL2), delete the
title and functional statement for the Division of Chronic Disease
Control and Community Intervention (CL3) and insert the following:
Division of Adult and Community Health (CL3). (1) Develops and
manages nationwide and State-based surveillance systems for chronic
disease risk factors and health promotion activities; (2) develops and
promotes community-based interventions and programs; (3) provides
national and international leadership in health education and health
promotion; (4) conducts studies to enhance public health activities in
health services and managed care; (5) manages public health research,
training, cooperative, and intervention activities and diverse
settlings such as cities, universities, State health departments, and
other countries; (6) promotes the understanding and improvements of the
determinants and issues related to cardiovascular health, aging, and
epilepsy; (7) in cooperation with other components of NCCDPHP,
coordinates activities with other Federal, State, and local
governmental agencies, academia, and nongovernmental organizations.
Delete the functional statement for Office of the Director (CL31)
and insert the following:
(1) Manages, coordinates, and evaluates the activities and programs
of the Division; (2) ensures that Division activities are coordinated
with other components of CDC both within and outside the Center, with
Federal, State, and local health agencies, and with voluntary and
professional health agencies; (3) provides leadership and coordinates
Division responses to requests for research, consultation, training,
collaboration and technical assistance or information on managed care,
health promotion, behavioral surveys, cardiovascular health, aging,
epilepsy, and arthritis; (4) provides administrative, logistical, and
management support for Division field staff; (5) ensures the
coordination of NCCDPHP internal activities related to Prevention
Health and Health Services Block Grant (PHHSBG) programs and develops
and administers, guidelines, uniform reporting procedures, and
evaluation criteria for programs supported by PHHSBG; (6) provides
administrative and management support for the Division including
guidance on the organization of personnel and the use of financial
resources, and oversight of grants, cooperative agreements, contracts,
and reimbursement agreements.
Behavioral Surveillance Branch (CL32). (1) Manages a nationwide
program for State-specific surveillance of behavioral risk factors and
other antecedents of health conditions, particularly chronic diseases;
(2) provides support to build State capacity for telephone survey
operations and data management, and for the analysis, dissemination,
and use of the data by State agencies, and universities to set public
health priorities and monitor public health programs; (3) develops
guidelines and criteria for the assessment of behavioral risk factors
in State and local populations; (4) analyzes and disseminates the
results of analyses to policy and decision makers, public health
professionals, and other relevant audiences through communication
channels and formats appropriate to these constituencies; (5)
coordinates analyses and use of survey methods to enhance behavioral
risk factor data; (6) develops guidelines and criteria for monitoring
public health policies directed at affecting behavioral and other risk
factors leading to chronic diseases and other conditions; (7) promotes
the broad use and application of Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance
Survey (BRFSS) results and findings through current information
systems; (8) works closely with other Divisions in NCCDPHP and other
CDC Centers/Institute/Offices (CIO's) to formulate a cross-cutting
surveillance system for the States and CDC; (9) provides administrative
and management support for the branch, including oversight of grants,
cooperative agreements, contracts, and reimbursable agreements.
Delete the title and functional statement for the Cardiovascular
Health Studies Branch (CL33) and insert the following:
Cardiovascular Health Branch (CL33). (1) Develops and evaluates
effective interventions to be used by State and local health agencies
and health care organizations to mitigate risk factors for
cardiovascular disease; (2) conducts evaluation studies to document the
efficacy and effectiveness of disease prevention and health promotion
interventions; (3) provides leadership in the development of components
and guidelines for effective chronic disease prevention and health
promotion strategies related to cardiovascular disease; (4) provides
consultation to State and local health agencies and health care
delivery organizations in planning, establishing, and evaluating
cardiovascular health activities; (5) carries out epidemiologic
research related to the prevention of cardiovascular disease and
improvement of cardiovascular health; (6) disseminates findings from
research and program evaluations to policy and decision makers, public
health professionals and other relevant audiences through communication
channels and formats appropriate to these constituencies; (7) provides
administrative and management support for the branch, including
oversight of
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grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and reimbursable agreements.
Delete the title and functional statement for the Community Health
Promotion Branch (CL35) and insert the following:
Community Health and Program Services Branch (CL35). (1) Provides
technical assistance to State health agencies and other Federal,
national, and international organizations to plan, implement, and
evaluate community-based chronic disease prevention and health
promotion programs; (2) develops, implements, and evaluates training in
the area of chronic disease intervention and community health promotion
for State health departments and other agencies; (3) supports health
promotion and disease prevention research conducted at university-based
prevention centers; (4) develops chronic disease epidemiology capacity
in State health departments through training and support of chronic
disease field epidemiologists and other capacity building efforts; (5)
provides statistical and programming support to the Division, including
assistance in design of data collection instruments, computer
programming, and statistical analysis; (6) provides administrative and
management support for the branch, including oversight of grants,
cooperative agreements, contracts, and reimbursable agreements.
Delete in their entirety the title and functional statement for the
Statistics Branch (CL37).
Delete the title and functional statement for the Aging Studies
Branch (CL38) and insert the following:
Health Care and Aging Studies Branch (CL38). (1) Coordinates and
fosters research and programs in managed care settings for the Center;
(2) reviews and develops policy for using health care settings as a
focus for public health activities related to disease prevention and
health promotion; (3) examines issues related to cost effectiveness in
the management and care of chronic diseases; (4) assists in setting
health care standards for prevention of chronic diseases; (5) studies
potentially modifiable causes of chronic disease and conditions of
older adults; (6) develops and evaluates measures of public health
impact concerned with such issues as quality of life and disability
adjusted life years; (7) assesses the health and economic burden of
chronic diseases and conditions in older adults through activities such
as demographic, economic, and behavioral studies; (8) disseminates
findings from research and program evaluations to policy and decision
makers, public health professionals, and other relevant audiences
through communication channels and formats appropriate to these
constituencies; (9) provides administrative and management support for
the branch, including oversight of grants, cooperative agreements,
contracts, and reimbursable agreements.
Delete in their entirety the title and functional statement for the
Health Interventions and Translation Branch (CL39).
After the functional statement for the Office of the Director
(CL41), Division of Diabetes Translation (CL4), delete the title and
functional statement for the Division of Nutrition (CL5) and insert the
following:
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (CL5). (1) Provides
national leadership to chronic disease prevention and maternal and
child health in the areas of nutrition and physical activity; (2)
implements systems to track and analyze nutrition problems, physical
inactivity, and related risk factors; builds State capacity to collect
and utilize surveillance data; (3) builds international, national,
State, and local expertise and capacity in nutrition and physical
activity through consultation and training; (4) provides technical
assistance and other support to enable State and local health agencies
to plan, implement, and evaluate nutrition and physical activity
programs; (5) contributes to the science base by conducting
epidemiologic and intervention studies related to nutrition and
physical activity; (6) ensures that both scientific and programmatic
efforts span the arenas of policy, environment, communications, social
and behavioral interventions; (7) develops and disseminates new
methods, guidelines, and criteria for effective nutrition and physical
activity programs; (8) collaborates with appropriate Federal and State
agencies, international/national/community organizations, and other CDC
partners; (9) provides national leadership in health communications to
promote nutrition and physical activity and integrate health
communications efforts with overall program efforts; (10) facilitates
the translation of nutrition and physical activity research findings
into public health practice.
Delete the functional statement for the Office of the Director
(CL51) and insert the following:
Office of the Director (CL51). (1) Provides direction in
establishing Division priorities, strategies, programs, and policies;
(2) mobilizes and coordinates partnerships and constituencies to build
a national infrastructure for nutrition and physical activity
promotion; (3) educates the public and key decision makers about the
importance of nutrition and physical activity to public health; (4)
ensures that Division activities are coordinated within NCCDPHP and
with other CIOs, constituencies, and Federal agencies; (5) monitors
progress toward achieving Division objectives and assesses the impact
of programs; (6) provides special training and capacity building
activities in support of Division programs; (7) provides administrative
and management support for Division activities including guidance on
the organization of personnel and the use of financial resources; (8)
provides leadership to the Division and field staff on health
communication efforts to promote nutrition and physical activity.
Physical Activity and Health Branch (CL52). (1) Conducts
epidemiologic research related to physical activity, health, and the
prevention of chronic disease; (2) develops and evaluates disease
prevention and health promotion interventions involving physical
activity; (3) develops monitoring and tracking systems for physical
activity behaviors; (4) provides leadership in the development of
guidelines for effective chronic disease prevention and health
promotion strategies through physical activity; (5) develops and
produces communication tools and public affairs strategies related to
physical activity and health in collaboration with the Division's
communications team; (6) provides technical assistance to State and
local health agencies in planning, establishing, and evaluating
physical activity promotion strategies; (7) translates physical
activity and exercise research findings into public health practice;
(8) disseminates findings from epidemiologic research and program
evaluations through publications in the scientific literature; (9)
collaborates with appropriate groups internal and external to CDC.
Delete the title and functional statement for the Chronic Disease
Prevention Branch (CL56) and insert the following:
Chronic Disease Nutrition Branch (CL56). (1) Designs, implements,
and evaluates surveillance activities, epidemiologic studies, and
intervention projects related to chronic disease nutrition problems and
risk factors; (2) develops and coordinates State-based dietary
surveillance relating to chronic disease nutrition problems and risk
factors, and builds State capacity to collect and utilize surveillance
data; (3) provides assistance, consultation, and training to State,
local, and international agencies to prevent and control chronic
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disease and relevant risk factors; (4) analyzes, interprets, and
disseminates data from surveys, surveillance activities, and
epidemiologic studies related to chronic disease nutrition problems and
related risk factors; (5) develops and disseminates guidelines for
chronic disease nutrition assessment, intervention, and surveillance;
(6) coordinates and/or collaborates with appropriate Federal agencies
and national organizations to strengthen and extend chronic disease
nutrition surveillance, epidemiology, and intervention activities; (7)
develops new methods, techniques, and criteria for the assessment of
chronic disease nutrition problems and related risk factors in the
United States and other countries; (8) coordinates and/or collaborates
with other divisions in NCCDPHP to develop and strengthen the chronic
disease nutrition components of their programs, as appropriate.
Delete the title and functional statement for the Maternal and
Child Health Branch (CL57) and insert the following:
Maternal and Child Nutrition Branch (CL57). (1) Designs,
implements, and evaluates epidemiological studies and intervention
projects related to nutritional and behavioral risks in maternal and
child populations; (2) designs, implements, and evaluates epidemiologic
studies and intervention projects related to micronutrient nutrition,
especially iron; (3) develops and coordinates State-based maternal and
child nutrition surveillance and surveys, and builds State capacity to
carry out surveillance activities; (4) provides assistance,
consultation, and training to local, State, and international agencies
to prevent and control adverse maternal and child health outcomes
related to nutritional and behavioral risk factors; (5) analyzes,
interprets, and disseminates data from surveys, surveillance
activities, and epidemiologic studies related to health and nutrition
in domestic and international maternal and child populations; (6)
develops and disseminates new methods, techniques, guidelines, and
criteria for nutrition assessment, surveillance, and intervention in
domestic and international maternal and child populations; (7)
coordinates and/or collaborates with appropriate Federal agencies and
national/international organizations to develop and strengthen maternal
and child nutrition programs; (8) coordinates and collaborates with
other divisions in NCCDPHP and other CDC CIOs to develop and strengthen
the maternal and child nutrition components of their programs, as
appropriate.
Dated: January 22, 1999.
Jeffrey P. Koplan,
Director.
[FR Doc. 99-2473 Filed 2-2-99; 8:45 am]
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