[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 38452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18768]
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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: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., August 15, 1996. 8:30
a.m.-3 p.m., August 16, 1996.
Place: Decatur Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Plaza, 130
Clairemont Avenue, Decatur, Georgia 30030, telephone 404/371-0204.
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: Committee members will discuss
assessment of CDC's State Diabetes Control Programs, the status of
the National Diabetes Education Program, and goals and future areas
of emphasis for the Division of Diabetes Translation.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Cheryl Shaw, Program
Specialist, Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, 4770 Buford
Highway, NE, M/S K-10, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/
488-5004.
Dated: July 18, 1996.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-18768 Filed 7-23-96; 8:45 am]
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