[Federal Register: August 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 161)]
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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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