[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 171 (Thursday, September 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 46743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23464]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Epidemiology Program Office, Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Announces the Following Meeting
Name: Guide to Community Preventive Services (GCPS) Task Force
Meeting.
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., September 18, 1997. 8:30
a.m.-5 p.m., September 19, 1997.
Place: Lenox Inn Buckhead, 3387 Lenox Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia
30326.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
Purpose: The mission of the Task Force is to develop and publish
a Guide to Community Preventive Services, which is based on the best
available scientific evidence and current expertise regarding
essential public health services and what works in the delivery of
those services.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include (1) development of
an explicit process to translate evidence into recommendations; (2)
a discussion on methods to incorporate data from extant reviews on
the systematic review of evidence; (3) setting goals for success of
the Guide; (4) refine the working Table of Contents; and (5)
progress reports on the status of the following chapters: Violence
and Abusive Behaviors; Firearms; Physical Activity; Oral Health;
Tobacco; and Sexual Behaviors.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for Additional Information: Marguerite
Pappaioanou, Chief, Community Preventive Service Guide Development
Activity, Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods,
Epidemiology Program Office, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S D-01,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-4301. Persons wishing to
reserve a space for this meeting should call 404/639-4301 by close
of business on September 12, 1997.
Dated: August 28, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-23464 Filed 9-3-97; 8:45 am]
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