[Federal Register: February 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 34)]
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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., March 10, 1998. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 
March 11, 1998.
    Place: The Georgian Terrace, 659 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30308, telephone 404/897-1991.
    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: Agenda items include a discussion of 
public health issues pertinent to the role of future program models 
best suited for Diabetes Control Programs 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: February 13, 1998.
Julia M. Fuller,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-4288 Filed 2-19-98; 8:45 am]
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