[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 168 (Friday, August 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45821-45822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23189]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Translation Advisory Committee for Diabetes Prevention and
Control Programs: Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) announces the following committee meeting.
Name: Translation Advisory Committee for Diabetes Prevention and
Control Programs.
Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., September 16, 1997. 9 a.m.-12
noon, September 17, 1997.
Place: Crown Plaza Ravinia, 4355 Ashford-Dunwoody Road, Atlanta,
Georgia 30346, telephone 770/395-7700.
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
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organization of resources, maintains liaison and coordination of
programs within the Federal, voluntary, and private sectors involved
in the provision of services to people with diabetes.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include a discussion of
public health issues pertinent to the role of economic analysis in
the Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT) priorities, as well as,
the challenges of diabetes in Latino/Hispanic communities. 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 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-5505.
Dated: August 25, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-23189 Filed 8-28-97; 8:45 am]
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