[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 161 (Thursday, August 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 44626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22396]
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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.
Time and Dates: 9 a.m-6 p.m., September 1, 1998. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.,
September 2, 1998.
Place: The Holiday Inn Select, 130 Clairmont 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 with 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 behavioral research for
diabetes mellitus 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: August 14, 1998.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-22396 Filed 8-19-98; 8:45 am]
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