[Federal Register: March 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 54)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Announces the 
Following Workshop

    Name: Workshop on Public and Occupational Health Concerns at Los 
Alamos National Laboratory.
    Dates: March 24, 1998.
    Times: 2 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
    Place: Northern New Mexico Community College, 921 Paseo De Onate, 
Espanola, New Mexico 87532
    Tel: 505/747-2100.
    Dates: March 26, 1998.
    Times: 4p.m.-10 p.m.
    Place: Fuller Lodge, 321 Central Avenue, Los Alamos, New Mexico 
87545.
    Tel: 505/622-8403.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting rooms accommodate approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: The purpose of the Workshop is to provide guidance to 
public health researchers on community participation in the planning, 
conduct, and application of research. History has demonstrated that the 
quality of medical and public health science is enhanced when it is 
planned and conducted in the social context of its work. This includes 
planning and conducting research that involves and impacts communities. 
This workshop will provide a unique opportunity to open dialogue among 
government, American Indian Tribes, labor, communities, and 
researchers. This dialogue is expected to lead to a proposed framework 
through which CDC promotes public health, advances democratic 
principles, establishes an ethical basis for community-based research, 
enhances scientific credibility, and provides mechanisms for building 
public trust while advancing the science of public health.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include presentations on 
ongoing projects by the National Center for Environmental Health 
(NCEH), the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and the New Mexico 
Department of Public Health. Time will be set aside for public comments 
and discussions with Agency staff, followed by the workshop being 
divided into two breakout sessions: (1) Environmental Health Issues; 
and (2) Occupational Health Issues.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.


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Contact Person For More Information: Michael J. Sage, Deputy Chief, 
Radiation Studies Branch (RSB), or Carolyn M. Hart, RSB, Division of 
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford 
Highway, NE, (F-35), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-
7040, FAX 770/488-7044.

    Dated: March 17, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-7403 Filed 3-19-98; 8:45 am]
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