[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 130 (Friday, July 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35219-35228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16855]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
Part C (Centers of 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 60 FR 52199, October 5, 1995) is amended to (1)
establish the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP)
within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to
strengthen and enhance the ability to prevent and control the spread of
HIV/AIDS in the United States and throughout the world, and (2) abolish
the National Center for Prevention Services.
Section C-B, Organization and Function, is hereby amended as
follows:
After the functional statement for the Immunization Services
Division (CJ4), National Immunization Program (CJ), insert the
following:
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (CK). The mission
of this organization is to provide leadership in preventing and
controlling human immunodeficiency virus infection, other sexually
transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis by collaborating with community,
state, national, and international partners and applying well
integrated, multi-disciplinary programs of research, surveillance,
technical assistance, and evaluation. In carrying out this mission, the
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP): (1)
coordinates the development of CDC short- and long-range plans for
preventing the spread of HIV infection in the United States; (2)
allocates and tracks CDC resources for HIV prevention programs; (3)
conducts national public information and awareness activities; (4)
coordinates HIV prevention activities with other Federal agencies and
with international organizations, including the World Health
Organization in conjunction with the Associate Director for
International Health; (5) plans, directs, and coordinates national
programs of assistance involving preventive health services to state
and local health agencies; (6) assists state and local health agencies
in integrating and coordinating preventive services delivered by
private and public organizations in the community and in assuring
delivery of preventive services to all persons regardless of
socioeconomic status; (7) assists states and localities in specifying
major health problems in the community and in formulating technical
theories on which intervention strategies can be based; (8) serves as
the primary focus for assisting states and localities through grants
and other mechanisms, in establishing and maintaining prevention and
control programs directed toward health problems related to acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome, sexually transmitted diseases, and
tuberculosis; (9) maintains operational knowledge of the nature, scope,
and occurrence of preventable health problems; (10) conducts
operational research to improve the assistance programs; (11) assesses
program operations and public health practices and provides technical
assistance to states in the operation of preventive health service
programs; (12) maintains liaison with other U.S. governmental agencies,
state and local health agencies, national organizations, and
educational institutions; (13) provides technical assistance to other
nations; (14) in carrying out the above functions, collaborates, as
appropriate, with other Centers, Institute, and Offices (CIOs) of the
CDC.
Office of the Director (CKI). (1) Provides leadership and guidance
on the development of goals and objectives, policies, program planning
and development, program management and operations of the activities of
the NCHSTP; (2) manages, directs, coordinates, and evaluates the
Center's activities; (3) facilities closer linkages between HIV, STD,
and TB surveillance activities and prevention programs at all levels;
(4) facilitates collaboration, integration, and multi-disciplinary
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approaches to enhance the effectiveness of HIV, STD, and TB prevention
programs; (5) facilitates integration of science and prevention
programs throughout the NCHSTP; (6) enhances the coordination and
integration of HIV, STD, and TB prevention services for individuals and
populations at increased risk for more than one of these infections;
(7) coordinates the integration of CDC funding of state and local
health departments for HIV, STD, and TB prevention; (8) facilities the
assignment of field staff in accordance with CDC and NCHSTP priorities
and objectives; (9) reassesses the role of NCHSTP field staff assignees
to state and local health jurisdictions and restructures career
development plans accordingly; (10) provides and coordinates
administrative and program support services; (11) provides technical
information services to facilitate dissemination of relevant public
health information; (12) facilitates collaboration with national health
activities with CDC components, other agencies and organizations, and
foreign governments on international health activities; (13) provides
oversight for the programmatic coordination of HIV, STD, and TB
activities between NCHSTP and other CIOs and, as the lead CIO for these
programs, develops recommendations to the CDC Director in concert with
other CIOs, for distribution of HIV, STD, and TB fund CDC-wide; (14)
advises the Director, CDC, on other policy matters concerning NCHSTP
activities.
Resource Management Office (CK12). (1) Plans, coordinates, and
provides administrative and management advice and guidance for NCHSTP;
(2) provides and coordinates Center-wide administrative, management,
and support services in the areas of fiscal management, personnel,
travel, procurement, facility management, and other administrative
services; (3) coordinates NCHSTP requirements relating to small
purchase procurements, VISA procurements, material management, and
intra-agency agreement/reimbursable agreements; (4) provides lead
fiscal management for contracts and supportive fiscal management for
grants and cooperative agreements; (5) serves as a liaison for external
inquiries of current fiscal year funding expenditures; (6) coordinates
facility management issues, problems and changes, physical security
issues, and policies regarding telecommunications, office furniture and
equipment; (7) provides oversight and management of NCHSTP conference
rooms, support and setup of Envision services and assistance with
audio-visual equipment; (8) provides meeting planning assistance and
services, serves as Project Officer and liaison for any meeting
planning contractors, negotiates with vendors for providing conference
location, rental of equipment; (9) maintains liaison with CIOs, Staff
Offices, Staff Service Offices, and NCHSTP staff.
Communications Office (CK13). (1) Provides technical assistance to
Divisions on issues management, public affairs, and health
communications strategies; (2) collaborates with external organizations
and the news, public service, and entertainment and other media to
ensure that effective findings and their implications for public health
reach the public; (3) collaborates closely with Divisions to produce
materials designed for use by the news media, including press releases,
letters to the editor, public service announcements, television
programming, video news releases, and other electronic and printed
materials; (4) secures appropriate clearance of these materials within
NCHSTP and CDC; (5) coordinates the development and maintenance of
Center-wide information systems through an Internet Home Page; (6)
develops strategies and operational systems for the proactive
dissemination of effective findings and their implications for
prevention partners and the public; (7) apart from the clearing houses,
hotlines, or other contractual mechanisms, responds to public inquiries
and distributes information materials; (8) provides editorial,
graphics, and publishing services for NCHSTP staff; (9) operates a
Center-wide Information Center; (10) maintains liaison with CDC public
affairs and communications staff offices.
Prevention Informatics Office (CK14). (1) Designs, develops, and
maintains a Center-wide network to facilitate the dissemination and
availability of information; (2) designs, develops, and supports
Center-wide consolidated application file servers, remote access
servers, and administrative database servers; (3) collaborates with
Divisions to coordinate, plan, and advocate for training to ensure that
all staff have and fully utilize their IRM environment; (4) provides a
focus for joint planning within NCHSTP both long-term and short-term;
(5) conducts cost-benefit, cost effectiveness, and economic analyses,
evaluation, and other special studies related to the impact of advanced
information processing technology on NCHSTP programs; (6) provides a
centralized research and development function and, in consultation with
Division IRM staff, undertakes research and development projects; (7)
develops unified Center-wide administrative systems and advocates and
supports the commitment of resources to application development; (8)
establishes the Center's Internet file servers and supports
organizational components to disseminate or access information on the
Internet; (9) maintains liaison with the Office of Program Support and
CIO IRM offices.
Planning and Evaluation Office (CK15). (1) Reviews, prepares, and
coordinates congressional testimony and briefing documents, and
analyzes the implications of legislation and legislative proposals; (2)
maintains liaison with the CDC Office of Program Planning and
Evaluation and the Financial Management Office; (3) plans and
coordinates the annual program planning process; (4) establishes
procedures and proposes approaches for the development of future year
annual budget initiatives; (5) maintains liaison with CIOs in
determining and interpreting operating policy and in ensuring their
respective management input for specific program activity plans; (6)
interprets general policy directives and proposed legislation relation
to NCHSTP program goals and objectives; (7) coordinates the development
and review of congressional reports; (8) serves as the coordination
point for Inspector General and General Accounting Office audits and
reviews; (9) coordinates and manages external groups such as advisory
committees; (10) serves as central point for Office of Management and
Budget clearances, controlled correspondence, Freedom of Information
Act requests, and Privacy Act inquiries; (11) advises on activities
that might affect other CIOs.
Prevention Support Office (CK16). (1) Serves as an initial point of
contact between partners and NCHSTP programs; (2) provides guidance and
coordination to Divisions on cross-divisional negotiated agreements;
(3) facilitates NCHSTP shifts to the administration of non-categorical,
cross-cutting grants/cooperative agreements; (4) facilitates state and
local cross-divisional issues identification and solutions; (5)
advocates for consistent and judicious interpretation and application
of established Center-level policy related to cross-divisional issues
and field staff management; (6) strengthens communications among
Divisions, field staff, and partners; (7) facilitates Center-wide
public health advisor/associate recruitment for field assignments; (8)
provides focal point for cross-divisional issues related to field staff
deployment; (9) facilitates the
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development of a Center-wide field staff career development plan; (10)
assures consistency in Center-wide procedures for field staff
selection, assignment, and transfer processes; (11) facilitates and
provides consultation on field staff human resource management issues;
(12) advocates the use of information technology to strengthen the
communications among the divisions, field staff, and partners; (13)
advocates for the disease-specific needs of Divisions and grantees;
(14) develops, reviews, and implements policies, methods, and
procedures for NCHSTP extramural assistance programs; (15) provides
financial tracking for Center-wide extramural grants and cooperative
agreements; (16) provides consultation and technical assistance to
NCHSTP program officials in the planning, implementation, and
administration of assistance programs; (17) participates in evaluation
of project resources and the resolution of audit exceptions; (18)
assures the appropriate projection of needs and executes shifts in
project funds between geographic areas to accommodate personnel in lieu
of cash; (19) develops and implements objective review processes,
including use of special emphasis panels, for competitive application
cycles; (20) assures Center-wide consistency in providing review of
continuation assistance applications; (21) interprets general policy
directives, proposed legislation, and appropriations language for
implications on extramural programs; and (22) provides liaison with OPS
and OD staff offices.
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (CK2). (1) In cooperation with
other CDC components, administers operational programs for the
prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); (2) provides consultation, training,
statistical, promotional, educational, epidemiological, and other
technical services to assist state and local health departments, as
well as national, state, and local nongovernmental organizations, in
the planning, development, implementation, and overall improvement of
HIV prevention programs; (3) conducts epidemiologic, surveillance,
behavioral, etiologic, communications, and operational research into
factors affecting the prevention of HIV/AIDS; (4) develops
recommendations and guidelines on the prevention of HIV/AIDS and
associated illnesses; (5) monitors sentinel surveillance of HIV
infection and infectious diseases and other complications of HIV/AIDS,
as well as surveillance of risk behaviors associated with HIV
transmission; (6) conducts national and international HIV transmission;
(6) conducts national and international HIV/AIDS surveillance,
epidemiologic investigations, and studies to determine risk factors and
transmission patterns of HIV/AIDS; (7) evaluates prevention and control
activities in collaboration with other CDC components; (8) provides
assistance and consultation on issues related to epidemiology,
surveillance, programmatic support, research, evaluation methodologies,
and fiscal and grants management to state and local health departments,
nongovernmental organizations, national organizations, and other
research institutions; (9) promotes linkages between health department
HIV/AIDS programs and other governmental and nongovernmental partners
who are vital to effective HIV/AIDS prevention efforts; (10) provides
consultation to other PHS Agencies, medical institutions, private
physicians, and international organizations or agencies; (11) provides
information to the scientific community and the general public through
publications and presentations; (12) works closely with The National
Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) on HIV/AIDS surveillance and
epidemiologic investigations that require laboratory collaboration, and
on activities related to the investigation and prevention of HIV-
related opportunistic infections; (13) implements national HIV/AIDS
prevention communications programs and develops strategic
communications activities and services at the national level to inform
and educate the American public about HIV/AIDS, especially individuals
whose behavior places them at risk for HIV infection; (14) provides
technical support to CDC assignees to state and local health
departments who are working on HIV/AIDS surveillance and prevention
activities.
Office of the Director (CK21). (1) Plans, directs, and evaluates
the activities of the Division; (2) develops goals and objectives and
provides national leadership and guidance in HIV/AIDS prevention policy
formulation and program planning and development; (3) provides
leadership for developing research in epidemiologic, communications,
and behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS prevention, and in coordinating
activities between the Division and others involved in HIV/AIDS
investigations, research, and prevention, including other CIOs and
national-level prevention partners who influence HIV/AIDS prevention
programs; (4) provides oversight for human subjects review of protocols
and coordinates human subjects review training; (5) maintains lead
responsibility for HIV/AIDS strategic communications and coordinates
communications on major issues related to prevention, surveillance, or
policy; (6) coordinates the response to the national media on HIV/AIDS
issues within the Division and between the Division and the Office of
Public Affairs; (7) ensures multidisciplinary collaboration in HIV/AIDS
prevention activities; (8) provides leadership and guidance for program
management and operations, as well as the development of data
management systems and training and educational programs; (9)
coordinates the development of guidelines and standards to ensure
ongoing effective HIV prevention programs and their evaluations; (10)
oversees the creation of materials designed for use by the media,
including press releases, letters to the editor, and other print and
electronic materials and programs and ensures appropriate clearance of
these materials; (11) ensures that Deputy Directors and subject area
specialists are prepared for interaction with the media as needed; (12)
oversees the preparation of speeches and Congressional testimony on
HIV/AIDS for the Division Director, the NCHSTP Director, the CDC
Director, and other public health officials; (13) coordinates
international HIV/AIDS activities of the Division and ensures
coordination within CDC, as appropriate; (14) provides program
management and administrative and technical support services for
intramural, extramural, domestic, and international HIV/AIDS
activities; (15) collaborates, as appropriate, with nongovernmental
organizations to achieve the mission of the division; (16) in carrying
out these activities, collaborates, as appropriate, with other
divisions and offices of NCHSTP, and with other CIOs throughout CDC.
International Activity (CK211). (1) Designs and executes
epidemiologic and interventional studies of HIV infection and its
associated illnesses in nations; (2) develops and conducts
epidemiologic studies of risk factors for AIDS and HIV transmission;
(3) assists in the design, implementation, and evaluation of AIDS
prevention and control activities; (4) manages international field
sites and staff assigned to those sites; (5) in collaboration with
NCID, conducts international surveillance and studies of HIV genotypic
variants and their epidemiologic and diagnostic
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implications; (6) provides technical assistance to other nations to
develop AIDS case surveillance systems; (7) assists foreign governments
in carrying out seroprevalence studies and surveys; (8) collaborates
with other Branches in assisting developing countries in the design,
implementation, and evaluation of strategies to protect their blood
supplies; (9) coordinates with other CIOs in CDC that have similar
international responsibilities; (10) provides consultation to WHO,
USAID, and other organizations whose mission is to prevent and control
HIV infection and related outcomes; (11) collaborates with national and
international organizations to strengthen public health infrastructures
at the country level, leading to technical and managerial
sustainability of national HIV prevention and control programs; (12)
assists national and international organizations in identifying,
developing, and promoting HIV interventions and technologies that are
feasible, effective, and culturally appropriate for use in developing
countries.
Technical Information Activity (CK212). (1) Provides scientific,
statistical, visual, and technical information on HIV/AIDS, in
cooperation with other CDC organizations, to health care professionals,
public health officials, prevention partners, and the general public;
(2) develops policy and procedures that utilize technology and
resources for information dissemination and management; (3) provides
information services, including electronic publications,
bibliographies, and current awareness information; (4) develops and
maintains HIV/AIDS information and training materials for dissemination
via the Internet and other electronic means; (5) maintains a
specialized collection of HIV/AIDS resources, the HIV/AIDS Resource
Center, that includes reprints, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
(MMWR) articles, and journals; (6) prepares HIV-related publications,
including articles and guidelines published in the MMWR and other
medical and scientific journals; (7) reviews HIV/AIDS materials from
outside organizations and other agencies for technical and scientific
accuracy; (8) provides lead scientific/technical support for the CDC
National AIDS Hotline and the CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse; (9)
prepares, edits, and monitors clearance of manuscripts for publication
in scientific and technical journals and publications; (10) tracks and
coordinates controlled and general correspondence; (11) prepares
responses and coordinates the provision of materials requested by
Congress; (12) prepares reports, speeches, and Congressional testimony
on HIV/AIDS for the Division Director, the NCHSTP Director, the CDC
Director, and other public health officials; (13) coordinates
preparation of documents for annual program review with the Directors
of NCHSTP and CDC; (14) prepares HIV/AIDS briefing reports for
Director, CDC; (15) serves as the Division liaison with the Management
Analysis and Services Office (MASO) to ensure appropriate management
and disposition of Federal records; (16) coordinates responses and
maintains records for Freedom of Information Act requests; (17)
designs, develops, and produces visual information for widespread
dissemination using computer graphics, desktop publishing, and video
production services to support scientific presentations, publications,
and training for HIV/AIDS.
Behavioral Intervention Research Branch (CK22). (1) Applies current
theory, practice, and empirical findings in designing and conducting
research on state-of-the-art interventions to prevent HIV infection;
(2) summarizes and synthesizes the interventions to prevent HIV
infection; (3) collaborates with HIV prevention partners within and
outside CDC in identifying research priorities, designing intervention
research, and translating and diffusing research findings to HIV
prevention programs; (4) contributes to the intervention research
literature by publishing regularly in peer-reviewed journals and CDC-
sponsored publications.
Community Assistance, Planning, and National Partnerships Branch
(CK23). (1) In collaboration with state and local public health and
nongovernmental national, regional, and local partners (including the
national business, labor, media, religious, and voluntary sectors) and
other branches, CIOs, and Federal agencies, develops and implements
programs, policies, and activities that enable and mobilize affiliates
and communities to become involved with and support local and statewide
strategic community planning that improves HIV prevention programs and
activities; (2) develops, implements, and manages strategies and
resources for HIV Prevention Community Planning, Minority and other
Community-based Organizations Initiative, National/Regional Minority
Organizations Initiative, National Partnerships Program, Business
Responds to AIDS/Labor Responds to AIDS, CDC religious initiatives, and
other nongovernmental organization, initiatives, including cooperative
agreements with the American Red Cross, United States Conference of
Mayors, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, the
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, and the
National Conference of State Legislators, that build a comprehensive
public health-private sector partnership to prevent HIV infection/AIDS;
(3) in collaboration with other Division components, provides technical
consultation and assistance to state and local health departments and
nongovernmental and other prevention partners in operational aspects of
HIV prevention; (4) monitors activities of HIV prevention projects to
ensure operational objectives are being met; (5) establishes guidelines
and policies for implementation and continuation of state and local HIV
prevention programs; (6) provides technical review of grant
applications and prevention plans; (7) conducts continuing analysis of
support utilization and career development of field personnel and
analysis of other resource allocations and utilization in relation to
HIV prevention; (8) provides supervision for HIV field staff; (9)
assists in the development of new operational programs and program
solicitations for HIV prevention; (10) coordinates program development
and implementation with state/local/regional community planning
processes; (11) facilitates linkages with STD and other HIV prevention
programs at all levels to ensure coordination of harm reduction and
intervention strategies for populations with common prevention needs;
(12) develops and monitors systems and coordinates and provides
consultation and technical assistance for health departments, community
planning groups, and nongovernmental HIV prevention programs; (13)
works with national partners to foster HIV prevention capabilities and
activities in affected communities; (14) funds and monitors the
progress of minority and other community-based organizations
undertaking HIV prevention programs and activities.
Epidemiology Branch (CK24). (1) Designs and conducts epidemiologic
and behavioral studies in the United States to determine risk factors,
co-factors, and modes of transmission for HIV infection; (2) conducts
studies of the natural history of HIV infection, including
manifestations of HIV disease in adults, adolescents, and children; (3)
designs and conducts research on the psychosocial and cultural
determinates of disease progression and quality of life of infected
persons; (4) conducts both epidemiologic and behavioral studies to
evaluate appropriate biomedical
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interventions for preventing HIV infection (primary prevention) and for
preventing manifestations of AIDS (secondary prevention); (5) conducts
applied research, including effectiveness trials, to assist in
evaluation of strategies, major activities, and policies; (6) conducts
epidemic aid investigations of HIV infection and associated infectious
diseases, as well as other illnesses related to HIV/AIDS; (7) develops
policy related to both primary prevention of HIV infection and
secondary prevention of its severe manifestations based on scientific
investigations and clinical trials; (8) provides epidemiologic
consultation to state and local health departments, other PHS Agencies,
universities, and other groups and individuals investigating HIV/AIDS;
(9) responds to inquiries from physicians and other health providers
for information on the medical and epidemiologic aspects of HIV/AIDS;
(10) collaborates internationally with HIV/AIDS researchers and the
International Activity to conduct epidemiologic studies; (11) works
closely with NCID to determine virologic and immunologic factors
related to transmission and natural history of HIV infection.
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Branch (CK25). (1) Conducts surveillance of
HIV infection and AIDS in coordination with state and local health
departments to provide population-based data for public health policy
development and evaluation; (2) maintains, analyzes, and disseminates
information from the national confidential registry of HIV/AIDS cases;
(3) monitors HIV-related morbidity and mortality and the use of PHS
recommendations for prevention and treatment of HIV infection and AIDS;
(4) promotes uses of surveillance data for prevention and evaluation;
(5) conducts surveillance of special populations of epidemiologic
importance, e.g., HIV-2, occupationally-related HIV transmission, and
persons reported with unrecognized modes of transmission; (6) conducts
population-based surveillance of HIV-related risk behaviors in
coordination with state and local health departments; (7) assesses
socioeconomic, educational, and other factors of use to target and
evaluate prevention and care programs, (8) evaluates surveillance
systems for HIV infection and AIDS and modifies surveillance
methodologies as needed to meet changing needs of HIV/AIDS programs;
(9) manages extramural funding of surveillance activities and provides
consultations and technical assistance on surveillance activities and
methodologies to state and local health departments, national, and
international organizations and agencies.
HIV Seroepidemiology Branch (CK26). (1) Plans, develops, and
coordinates national studies of prevalence and incidence of HIV and
related infections in selected geographic areas; (2) provides data and
serves as the focus for information about the extent of HIV prevalence
and incidence in the United States; (3) collaborates and provides
technical assistance to public and private organizations regarding HIV
seroprevalence and seroincidence; (4) works closely with other CDC
organizations in applying prevalence and incidence data to target and
evaluate HIV prevention programs; (5) works with the Surveillance
Branch and the Statistics and Data Management Branch to evaluate HIV/
AIDS trends in incidence and prevalence projections; (6) collects and
analyzes HIV prevalence and incidence data from publicly funded HIV
counseling and testing sites; (7) conducts domestic surveillance for
HIV genotypic variations; (8) collaborates with NCID laboratories to
develop a repository of stored sera and cells for studies of HIV and
related infections; (9) serves as a focus for national and
international activities related to transfusion-related HIV
transmission; and (10) assists NCID with the evaluation of new HIV-
related tests.
Prevention Communications Branch (CK27). (1) Develops national
communications strategies for HIV/AIDS prevention; (2) works closely
with behavioral scientists to create communications messages that
effectively promote adoption or maintenance of safe behaviors; (3)
promotes and facilitates the application of social marketing principles
to HIV prevention at the state and local levels; (4) collaborates with
external organizations and the news, public service, and entertainment,
and other media to ensure that these effective messages reach the
public; (5) in collaboration with the Community Assistance, Planning,
and National Partnerships Branch, maintains a network of prevention
collaborative partners to ensure consistent HIV prevention messages at
national, state, and local levels; (6) works closely with the Training
and Technical Support Systems Branch to provide technical assistance on
communications and prevention marketing, and to coordinate release of
new scientific and surveillance data; (7) in collaboration with the
Training and Technical Support Systems Branch, creates and disseminates
materials that incorporate prevention marketing principles for use at
national, state, and local levels; (8) plans and implements the
Prevention Marketing Initiative; (9) manages the CDC National AIDS
Clearinghouse; (10) works closely with the Behavioral Intervention
Research Branch to disseminate research through the Clearinghouse; (11)
works closely with the Training and Technical Support Systems Branch to
disseminate technical assistance materials through the Clearinghouse;
(12) works closely with all Division branches to disseminate
surveillance reports and other scientific publications through the
Clearinghouse; (13) works closely with other relevant offices or groups
to produce materials designed for use by the news media, including
press releases, letters to the editor, public service announcements,
television programming, video news releases, and other electronic and
print materials, and, in cooperation with the Associate Director for
Management and Operations, secures appropriate clearance of these
materials both within and outside of the Division; (14) develops and
produces brochures and other written materials for the public; (15)
manages the CDC National AIDS Hotline.
Program Evaluation Branch (CK28). (1) Evaluates the effectiveness,
costs, and impact of HIV prevention interventions, strategies,
policies, and programs as practiced or implemented by public health
agencies and organizations at the national/regional and state/local
levels; (2) collaborates in the application of evaluation findings and
techniques to the ongoing assessment and improvement of HIV prevention
programs; (3) conducts evaluation research activities that include
studies to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of prevention
strategies and programs, major prevention activities, and policies;
economic evaluations of HIV prevention, including assessments of
alternative prevention strategies to encourage the best use of
prevention resources; and development of both process and outcome
measures that HIV prevention programs can use to assess their ongoing
performance; (4) seeks to advance the methodology of HIV prevention
evaluation through evaluation research activities; (5) applies
evaluation methods to improving HIV prevention programs, including
serving as a resource to other branches/activities, grantees, and
prevention partners regarding evaluation of both domestic and
international HIV prevention programs; collaborating with other
branches as they develop, test, and disseminate
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models for quality assurance of programs and services; and
collaborating with other branches/ activities in the development of
methods to support the systematic assessment (including self-
assessment) and continuous improvement of HIV prevention programs.
Statistics and Data Management Branch (CK29). (1) Manages, directs,
and coordinates the statistics and data management activities and
services for the Division; (2) provides leadership in the development
of statistical and data management planning, policy, implementation,
and evaluation; (3) provides Division LAN/user support services; (4)
provides data management and statistical support for HIV/AIDS
surveillance, HIV serosurveys, and epidemiologic studies; (5) creates
mathematical models to project the incidence of AIDS and HIV infection;
(6) develops, monitors, and evaluates projects to construct
mathematical models of the spread of AIDS and HIV infection; (7)
provides statistical models of epidemiologic parameters to describe the
efficiency of HIV transmission and the incubation time for AIDS; (8)
responds to inquiries from medical professionals, health departments,
the media, and the public about AIDS epidemic statistical issues,
including projections of the number of AIDS cases and estimates of
persons infected with HIV; (9) coordinates Division work performed
under CDC-wide Information Resource Management Office contracts for
programming services, local area network support, and computer hardware
support.
Training and Technical Support Systems Branch (CK2A). (1) Assesses
training and technical assistance needs and develops strategies to
address the training of grantee organizations, other external partners
involved in HIV/AIDS prevention programs and activities, and Division
headquarters staff; (2) works with other branches to synthesize,
translate, and disseminate research findings applicable to HIV
prevention program operations through training, conferences, and other
systems; (3) conducts intramural/extramural training and training needs
assessments; (4) manages conference grants and conference support
services; (5) develops, maintains, and facilitates technical support
systems (such as large-scale, on-site or distance-based, multi-access,
science-based, rapid-response training mechanisms) to assist HIV
prevention providers in applying sound technologies; (6) assesses
technical assistance and training needs of HIV prevention service
providers, coordinates with other Branches, and maintains
communications between research and program staff at CDC.
Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention (CK3). (1) In
cooperation with other CDC components, administers operational programs
for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD); (2) provides
consultation, training, statistical, educational, epidemiological and
other technical services to assist state and local health departments
in the planning, development, implementation, evaluation and overall
improvement of STD prevention programs; (3) supports a nationwide
framework for effective surveillance of STDs other than HIV; (4)
conducts behavioral, clinical, epidemiological, preventive health
services, and operational research into factors affecting the
prevention and control of STD; (5) provides leadership and coordinates,
in collaboration with other NCHSTP components, research and prevention
activities that focus on STD and HIV interaction; (6) promotes linkages
between health department STD programs and other governmental and non-
governmental partners who are vital to effective STD prevention
efforts; (7) provides technical supervision for Division state and
local assignees.
Office of the Director (CK31). (1) Plans, directs and evaluates the
activities of the Division; (2) provides national leadership and
guidance in STD prevention and control policy formulation; program
planning, development and evaluation; development of training,
educational, health communications and data management systems; and
program management systems; (3) provides administrative, fiscal,
technical, and communications support for Division programs and units;
(4) assures multidisciplinary collaboration in STD prevention and
control activities; (5) in cooperation with other CDC components,
provides leadership for developing research in behavioral, clinical,
epidemiologic, and health services aspects of STD prevention and
control, and for coordinating activities between the Division and
others involved in STD research; (6) coordinates the development of
guidelines and standards to assure ongoing evaluation of STD prevention
and control programs; (7) coordinates international STD activity of the
Division; (8) collaborates, as appropriate, with other divisions and
offices in NCHSTP, and with other CIOs throughout CDC; (9) collaborates
as appropriate with non-governmental organizations to achieve the
mission of the Division; (10) establishes linkages with other CIOs and
national level prevention partners that impact on STD prevention and
control programs.
Behavioral Interventions and Research Branch (CK32). (1) Plans and
conducts research on individual and group behavior patterns, their
individual and societal determinants, and consequences as they affect
STD occurrence and transmission, and disseminates the results of this
research; (2) in collaboration with other relevant CDC units, plans and
conducts studies to develop, evaluate, and apply new community and
clinic-based behavioral intervention methods to STD prevention and
control; (3) in collaboration with other components of the Division,
NCHSTP, and CDC, plans, coordinates, implements and monitors
demonstration projects designed to provide information which will guide
national program direction in behavioral intervention for STD
prevention and control; (4) in collaboration with other components of
the Division, NCHSTP, and CDC, develops an effective behavioral
surveillance system to assist national STD prevention efforts;
implements and evaluates new approaches to behavioral surveillance
related to STD prevention and control; and analyzes behavioral
surveillance data in conjunction with STD morbidity surveillance data
to guide national STD prevention policy and program direction; (5) in
collaboration with internal and external colleagues, translates
behavioral research findings into programmatic interventions; (6)
provides state and local health departments and other prevention
partners with technical assistance in the development, implementation,
and evaluation of behavioral intervention strategies to reduce STD
morbidity; (7) participates in STD prevention and control reviews and
guideline development.
Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch (CK33). (1) Provides national
and international leadership in the design and analysis of
epidemiologic studies and surveillance data for STD to guide STD and
HIV prevention programs; (2) plans epidemiology and surveillance
direction-setting, in coordination with Branch staff and leadership in
Division and outside CDC; (3) plans and develops new research
opportunities and relationships; (4) plans and conducts scientific
oversight for focus, impact, and quality of scientific work.
Epidemiologic Studies Section (CK332). (1) Collaborates with a wide
network of leading researchers in academia, other government agencies,
and international organizations in
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developing a research agenda for critical epidemiologic and biomedical
research issues related to STD prevention and to STD/HIV interactions;
(2) plans, implements, and publishes findings from planned intramural
and collaborative intramural-extramural studies; (3) studies and
evaluates various schedules of STD therapy to assure continued efficacy
of current and proposed regimens and conducts drug toxicity studies,
where appropriate, to determine long-term effects of recommended
therapies; (4) studies and evaluates diagnostic tests for STD
detection; (5) collaborates with divisions, other centers, and academic
or research institutions in conducting laboratory-based research on
STDs; (6) provides technical assistance to state and local agencies in
conducting epidemiological or clinical studies of STDs; (7)
participates in the development of guidelines to translate research
findings into program practice; (8) regularly updates STD Treatment
Guidelines to incorporate recommendations based on new scientific
information; (9) supports and contributes actively to the Division's
Initiative-based teams (e.g., HIV/STD Interactions, Infertility
Prevention, Adverse Outcomes of Pregnancy); (10) collaborates with
other branches in the Division and with the Division of HIV/AIDS
Prevention in joint HIV/STD program reviews; (11) provides management
and operations expertise to on-going National STD prevention
initiatives, such as Infertility and Syphilis in the South; (12) in
collaboration with other Division components, develops and evaluates
mathematical models of STD transmission dynamics and intervention
effectiveness.
Surveillance and Special Studies Section (CK333). (1) Provides
leadership in the design and analysis of surveillance data for STD, and
in the use of surveillance data to guide STD and HIV prevention
programs; (2) in collaboration with other Division components, analyzes
surveillance data and develops innovative surveillance strategies for
use at the local level in estimating STD prevalence, incidence,
sequelae, and health impact; (3) takes lead responsibility for
coordinating EPI-AIDS; (4) conducts surveillance studies to develop
more precise methods to identify persons infected with STD/HIV; (5)
provides technical assistance to state and local agencies in conducting
surveillance of STD; (6) participates in collaborations with other
Division staff in STD/HIV epidemiologic and surveillance investigations
and outbreak control investigations; (7) participates in the
development of guidelines and training to assist in translating
surveillance research findings into operational-programmatic practice;
(8) participates in STD/HIV prevention program reviews; (9) supports
and contributes actively to initiative-based teams (e.g., HIV/STD
Interactions, Infertility Prevention, Adverse Outcomes of Pregnancy);
(10) provides management and surveillance operations expertise to on-
going National STD prevention initiatives, such as Infertility and
Syphilis in the South; (11) publishes findings from planned intramural
and collaborative intramural-extramural surveillance studies.
Program Development and Support Branch (CK34). (1) In collaboration
with other Division components, provides technical consultation and
assistance to state and local health departments, non-governmental, and
other prevention partners in operational aspects of STD prevention and
control; (2) monitors activities of STD prevention projects to assure
operational objectives are being met; (3) establishes guidelines and
policies for implementation and continuation of state and local STD
prevention and control programs; (4) establishes guidelines and
standards for STD negotiated agreements and assures implementation; (5)
provides technical review and funding recommendations related to grant
applications; (6) conducts continuing analysis of field personnel and
other resource allocations and utilization in relation to STD
prevention and control; conducts site review to identify and resolve
STD prevention problems in project areas; (7) provides technical
support and supervision, including analysis of performance and
development, for STD field staff; (8) assists in the development of new
operational programs and program solicitations for STD prevention and
control; (9) facilitates coordination within state/local project areas
regarding STD activities with other program partners; (10) coordinates
program development and implementation with state/local/regional
community planning processes; (11) facilitates linkages with HIV
prevention programs at all levels to assure coordination of harm
reduction and intervention strategies for STD and HIV.
Program Evaluation and Preventive Health Services Research Branch
(CK35). (1) Develops and evaluates methodologies for conducting program
evaluation and preventive health services research related to STD
prevention and control; (2) plans, coordinates and disseminates the
results of evaluation studies for a wide variety of behavioral,
clinical, and operational program issues including access (and
barriers) to care, quality of care, health care delivery systems and
the impact of these on STD-related clinical/behavioral outcomes; (3)
serves as a bridge in translating program relevant research into STD
program operations; including cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit
analyses; (4) develops preventive health services models for a variety
of STD-related issues including counseling/testing, partner
notification, and integration of services; (5) in collaboration with
other components of the Division, NCHSTP, and CDC, explores and
evaluates the role of managed care and other private sector entities in
STD prevention and control efforts; (6) in collaboration with other
components of the Division, conducts studies to develop new or to
refine old methods of STD prevention; (7) in conjunction with other
branches, establishes guidelines and standards for operational program
development and evaluation; (8) provides technical assistance to state
and local health departments and other prevention partners in building
program evaluation and preventive health services research capacity.
Statistics and Data Management Branch (CK36). (1) Provides
leadership in the development of statistical and data management
planning, policy, implementation, and evaluation; (2) collaborates with
Division researchers in the design, implementation and analysis of
studies; (3) coordinates the collection, compilation, analysis and
dissemination of national STD surveillance data, including STD-related
behavioral and health services data and STD morbidity data, and other
large databases related to STD prevention and control efforts; (4)
supports local/state health departments in the timely reporting, data
processing and analysis of STD data, including electronic transmission
of STD surveillance (morbidity) data; (5) develops, implements, and
supports data systems for information management in local, state, and
national STD prevention programs; (6) provides data management and
statistical support for STD surveillance and epidemiologic studies; (7)
assists state/local STD prevention programs in identifying STD
outbreaks, and participates in such outbreak investigations by
providing data analysis; (8) in collaboration with other components of
the Division, NCHSTP, and CDC, develops and participates in studies/
surveys of the prevalence of:
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sexual and drug using behaviors which increase the risk of STD
infection, factors associated with risk behaviors, and health care
seeking, utilization and provider behaviors; (9) provides advice and
consultation regarding data management and statistical issues to other
Division components; (10) in collaboration with other Division
components develops and evaluates mathematical models of STD
transmission dynamics and intervention effectiveness.
Training and Health Communication Branch (CK37). (1) Provides
leadership in development, implementation, and evaluation of training
programs for providers of interventions to prevent and control STDs;
(2) maintains and evaluates the performance of the national network of
STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers, STD Public Health and Epidemiology
Fellowships, and other professional training programs; (3) establishes
communication networks with national organizations involved with STD-
related training of medical and paramedical personnel; (4) identifies
training needs, designs programmatic training and career development
initiatives, and plans, implements, and evaluates training programs for
STD program staff; (5) provides technical assistance to state and local
STD prevention programs in developing, implementing, marketing, and
evaluating their STD prevention training and community education
activities; (6) performs technical reviews of intervention initiatives
and proposals and advises other Division units on the need for and the
form of training and health communications components; (7) either
directly or in cooperation with other CDC components, provides STD
information and education to private and public organizations at the
national level and provides technical assistance to other Federal
agencies, non-governmental organizations, and national organizations to
improve and coordinate STD-related community educational activities;
(8) assists other CDC components in planning, conducting, coordinating,
and evaluating national programs for STD communication education; (9)
assists in the development and dissemination of educational materials
for national STD prevention programs; (10) participates in the
development of guidelines and program-specific instructional materials
to be used in STD intervention, supervision, and management; (11)
promotes the appropriate use of new technologies in distance learning
and rapid communication with prevention partners; and (12) manages the
CDC National STD Hotline and provides technical assistance to the CDC
National AIDS Hotline.
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (CK4). (1) In cooperation with
other CDC components, administers and promotes a national program for
the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis (TB) which
includes the formulation of national policies and guidelines; (2)
supports a nationwide framework for surveillance of tuberculosis and
evaluation of national TB prevention and control program performance;
(3) provides consultation, training, statistical, promotional,
educational, epidemiological, and other technical services to assist
state and local health departments, international health care
providers, and other partners, in the planning, implementation,
evaluation, and overall improvement of TB control programs; (4) detects
and investigates outbreaks of TB; (5) conducts operational and
behavioral research; (6) provides support for the Federal Tuberculosis
Task Force; (7) supports and collaborates with the National
Tuberculosis Controllers Association to promote effective national
communications and coordinated feedback on urgent policy and program
performance issues; (8) provides technical supervision and training to
Federal assignees working in state and local tuberculosis control
programs; (9) participates in the development of policies and
guidelines for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention and
control activities within TB populations at high risk; (10) provides
policy leadership for, and guides implementation and evaluation of
tuberculosis prevention and control activities in HIV prevention and
control programs; (11) works to prevent the importation of TB from
other countries; (12) oversees the development and operation of
Tuberculosis Model Centers.
Office of the Director (CK41). (1) Plans, provides leadership and
guidance in program planning and management, policy formulation, and
development of training, surveillance, and research programs; (2)
directs and evaluates the operations of the Division; (3) establishes
contact with, and promotes tuberculosis activities of, other national
organizations which have an important role to play in achieving
tuberculosis elimination; (4) provides administrative support services
for the Division; (5) collaborates and coordinates Division activities
with other components of NCHSTP and CDC; (6) provides administrative
and technical support to the statutorily mandated Advisory Committee
for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET); provides administrative and
technical support for the National Coalition for the Elimination of
Tuberculosis (NCET).
International Activity (CK412). (1) Coordinates Division and NCHSTP
international TV activities; (2) coordinates the assessment of
immigration and its impact on TB patterns in the United States and the
evaluation of overseas TB screening procedures for immigrants and
refugees; (3) conducts and coordinates operational research and
demonstrations to improve both the overseas screening for tuberculosis
of immigrants and refugees and the domestic follow-up of those entering
with suspected TB, in collaboration with Division of Quarantine, NCID;
(4) promotes the improved recognition and management of tuberculosis
among the foreign-born through special studies on the U.S./Mexico
border and at other overseas sites; (5) collaborates with the nation of
Botswana, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (IUATLD),
and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and
others, to conduct investigations into the diagnosis, management and
prevention of tuberculosis in persons with and without HIV infection.
Communications and Education Branch (CK42). (1) Provides
coordination and oversight for Division responses and relations with
the media and public and serves as the first point of contact for
telephonic and written requests for information from the media and
public; (2) presents communication and education issues to the Advisory
Committee for the Elimination of Tuberculosis and to Division
management staff; (3) develops, produces, disseminates, and evaluates
educational pamphlets and other materials providing tuberculosis
information to the scientific community as well as the general
population; (4) provides writer/editor support to the Division and
coordinates and tracks materials for purposes of editing, clearance and
approval for publications and presentations; (5) periodically conducts
training and education needs assessments and identifies resources
available for health department TB control officers and senior
managers, TB nurse consultants, TB training/education directors and for
senior staff carrying out TB activities in other programs or facilities
serving persons at high risk for TB; (6) develops, conducts, and
coordinates formal training courses on tuberculosis for State and big
city TB
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program managers and nurse consultants; (7) based on needs assessments,
develops and conducts or coordinates train-the-trainer courses for
staff who train and/or supervise frontline TB program staff; (8)
assists in planning and coordinating agendas necessary to conduct
tuberculosis conferences and workshops sponsored by the Division; (9)
provides coordination and oversight for duty officer functions; (10)
provides technical assistance to health departments and other health
care providers in assessing and meeting their training needs and in
assessing the impact of their training and education activities; (11)
provides graphic support to the Division and senior field staff; (12)
organizes and maintains a library of scientific and non-scientific
information related to TB; (13) provides consultation and assistance in
coordinating training and education activities carried out by other CDC
programs, Model TB Centers, and NCET members; (14) develops and
provides support for, or coordinates a TB Voice and FAX Information
System; (15) assists in developing or coordinating a clearing house of
TB training and education resources; (16) maintains inventory of
training opportunities and coordinates with employees and supervisors
training necessary for staff to carry out their duties.
Computer and Statistics Branch (CK43). (1) Provides computer
programming, systems analysis, information management, and statistical
services to the Division; (2) consults and assists in the development
and implementation of appropriate data collection and management
methods; (3) collaborates in the analysis of data and in the
preparation of materials for publication; (4) maintains expertise in
information science and technology to effect the best use of the
division's resources; (5) provides technical assistance in the
selection and use of equipment, systems, and services to process
information; (6) manages security for the Division's information
systems; (7) maintains computer hardware; (8) provides training and
consultation to headquarters and field staff in the use of computer
hardware software; (9) develops, distributes, provides training for and
supports the TB Information Management System (TIMS) to facilitate the
collection and analyses of data, both patient and program, to improve
the effectiveness of prevention and control activities.
Field Services Branch(CK44). (1) provides medical and programmatic
consultation to assist state and local health departments in
developing, implementing, and evaluating their activities toward
achieving tuberculosis prevention, control, and elimination; (2)
promotes adoption of CDC tuberculosis-related policies by national
organizations, health departments and health care providers; (3) acts
as advocate for health departments when conveying resource needs; (4)
participates in development of national policies and guidelines for
tuberculosis elimination; (5) evaluates tuberculosis program
performance and provides technical assistance to states and localities
for improving program operations; (6) develops funding guidelines,
coordinates reviews, makes funding recommendations, and monitors
performance of programmatic portion of Tuberculosis Cooperative
Agreements with state and local health departments; (7) provides
supervision to medical staff assigned to state and local health
departments; (8) analyses data to assess progress toward achieving
national TB objectives and prepares program management and evaluation
reports for publication; (9) supports program consultants in providing
technical assistance and recommendations to health departments; (10)
encourages and facilitates the transfer of new technology and
guidelines into clinical and public health practice.
Field Operations Section I (CK442). (1) Serves as liaison or focal
point to assist TB controllers in linking with proper resource persons
and obtaining technical assistance, both within and outside the
Division; (2) conducts a continuing analysis of the effectiveness of
field personnel and utilization of other resources in relation to the
tuberculosis problems; (3) provides consultation and assists state and
local health departments in the methodology and application of
tuberculosis control techniques recommended by CDC; (4) acts as
advocate for state and local health departments during needs
assessments and requests for resources; (5) provides technical
supervision and support for the CDC field staff; (6) identifies
specific management, operational, and staff performance problems
associated with not achieving TB control objectives or with not
implementing essential TB components, and recommends solutions; (7)
provides input into the development of branch and division policy,
priorities and operational procedures; (8) coordinates technical
reviews of cooperative agreement applications and makes appropriate
funding recommendations; and (9) serves as an agent of technology
transfer to ensure that good program methodology in one program is
known and made available to other state and local programs.
Field Operations Section II (CK443). (1) Serves as liaison or focal
point to assist TB controllers in linking with proper resource persons
and obtaining technical assistance, both within and outside the
Division; (2) conducts a continuing analysis of the effectiveness of
field personnel and utilization of other resources in relation to the
tuberculosis problems; (3) provides consultation and assists state and
local health departments in the methodology and application of
tuberculosis control techniques recommended by CDC; (4) acts as
advocate for state and local health departments during needs
assessments and requests for resources; (5) provides technical
supervision and support for the CDC field staff; (6) identifies
specific management, operational, and staff performance problems
associated with not achieving TB control objectives or with not
implementing essential TB components, and recommends solutions; (7)
provides input into the development of branch and division policy,
priorities and operational procedures; (8) coordinates technical
reviews of cooperative agreement applications and makes appropriate
funding recommendations; (9) serves as an agent of technology transfer
to ensure that good program methodology in one program is known and
made available to other state and local programs.
Research and Evaluation Branch (CK45). (1) Identifies and evaluates
new public health strategies for the prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment of tuberculosis and infections with M. tuberculosis, in
collaboration with others; (2) identifies and investigates behavioral
and operational factors affecting health-care seeking and treatment
outcomes; (3) identifies and investigates new drugs, drug delivery
systems, and immunologic agents for the treatment and prevention of
tuberculosis; (4) evaluates the economic and public health impact of
existing and alternative prevention, diagnostic, and treatment
strategies; (5) based on findings from research studies, recommends
prevention, diagnostic, and treatment methods for national tuberculosis
elimination strategies; (6) provides consultation to national and
international organizations on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
strategies and research needs.
Prevention Effectiveness Section (CK452). (1) Conducts studies of
aspects of health care systems that impact on health-care seeking and
treatment outcome for tuberculosis patients, such
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as studies of directly observed therapy in various settings and in-
patient compared to out-patient management of tuberculosis; (2)
develops methodologies for evaluation of tuberculosis treatment and
prevention program activities and develops strategies and tools for
program self-evaluation; (3) conducts studies of health-care provider
tuberculosis control practices and assesses the extent to which
recommended practices are implemented; (4) conducts studies to assess
the cost-effectiveness and public health impact of recommended
practices; (5) conducts studies to evaluate and compare strategies to
improve the operation of tuberculosis treatment and prevention
programs; (6) develops strategies and tools for TB programs to assess
the cost-effectiveness of various TB prevention and control
interventions; (7) conducts research on individual and social factors
affecting health-care seeking and treatment outcomes related to
tuberculosis; (8) in collaboration with the Communications and
Education Branch, conducts formative research on approaches to patient
and provider education and public communications; (9) provides
consultation to national and international organizations on behavioral
and operational research needs and study designs; (10) coordinates the
writing of studies for publication of manuscripts in scientific
journals, MMWR, etc; (10) presents findings at national and scientific
meetings.
Therapeutic and Diagnostics Section (CK453). (1) Conducts studies
of new drug regimens used in the prevention and treatment of
tuberculosis, including dosage, duration, and toxicity; (2) conducts
studies of new drugs, drug delivery systems, immunologic agents and
other treatments for tuberculosis and latent infection with
Mycobacterium tuberculosis; (3) in collaboration with others, conducts
studies of new diagnostic tests in clinical and field trials of more
specific and rapid tests to diagnose tuberculosis and latent infection
with M. tuberculosis; (4) conducts studies to evaluate the safety and
efficacy of recommended regimens for the treatment and prevention of
tuberculosis; (5) provides consultation and assistance to national and
international organizations on the design and conduct of clinical
trials and research needs; (6) coordinates the writing of studies for
publication of manuscripts in scientific journals, MMWR, etc; (7)
presents findings at national clinical and scientific meetings; (8)
provides support and oversight for the distribution of investigational
drugs for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis by NCID.
Surveillance and Epidemiology Branch (CK46). (1) Directs national
surveillance of tuberculosis morbidity and mortality; (2) based on the
analysis of surveillance data, recommends strategies for national
tuberculosis elimination activities; (3) conducts studies of special
epidemiologic significance; (4) responds to public and private
inquiries about outbreaks; (5) assesses the prevalence and trends of
mycobacterial infections in the United States; (6) develops more
precise epidemiologic methods to identify persons with mycobacterial
infections; (7) assesses the risk, in collaboration with NCID and the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, of mycobacterial
infections and diseases among different segments of the population,
such as health care workers, correctional facility employees and
inmates, and homeless persons; (8) provides consultation to other
federal agencies, state and local health departments, and national
organizations.
Epidemiology Section (CK462). (1) Conducts and coordinates
investigations of major outbreaks of tuberculosis, including multidrug-
resistant tuberculosis; (2) analyzes investigation findings and relates
the results and recommendations of the investigations to the involved
outside agencies and State health departments; (3) conducts studies to
assess the characteristics of persons with M. tuberculosis and HIV co-
infection in order to develop and implement intervention strategies, in
collaboration with others; (4) conducts case control, cohort, and other
studies of the epidemiology of TB disease and infection; (5) conducts
studies of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) techniques
in the epidemiology of tuberculosis, in collaboration with others; (6)
assess the prevalence of, and risk factors for, infection with M.
tuberculosis in the United States through surveys and special studies;
(7) conducts studies of the epidemiology of drug resistance in the
United States, in collaboration with others; (8) prepares manuscripts
for publication in scientific journals, and the MMWR; (9) presents
findings at scientific meetings; (10) responds to public and private
inquiries about the epidemiology of tuberculosis.
Surveillance Section (CK463). (1) Conducts national surveillance
for tuberculosis morbidity through the expanded surveillance system;
(2) implements and provides technical support for the computer software
used by the state and local health departments to transmit data from
the reporting areas to CDC; (3) analyzes data from the surveillance
system to determine risk factors for the increases and/or decreases in
tuberculosis morbidity and disseminates results through scientific
journals, periodic reports and public presentations; (4) monitors the
impact of immigration to the trends and projections of TB morbidity in
the United States; (8) responds to public and private inquiries about
surveillance findings.
Delete in its entirety the title and functional statement for the
National Center for Prevention Services (CM).
Dated: June 20, 1996.
David Satcher,
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-16855 Filed 7-3-96; 8:45 am]
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