[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 63846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26133]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Meeting of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces
the next meeting of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services
(Task Force). The Task Force is an independent, nonfederal body of
nationally known leaders in public health practice, policy, and
research who are appointed by the CDC Director. The Task Force was
convened in 1996 by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
to assess the effectiveness of community, environmental, population,
and healthcare system interventions in public health and health
promotion. During this meeting the Task Force will consider the
findings of systematic reviews and issue recommendations and findings
to help inform decision making about policy, practice, and research in
a wide range of U.S. settings. The Task Force's recommendations, along
with the systematic reviews of the scientific evidence on which they
are based, are compiled in the Guide to Community Preventive Services
(Community Guide).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 from
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., MDT and Thursday, October 21, 2010 from 8:30
a.m. to 1 p.m., MDT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Curtis Hotel, 1405 Curtis
Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, phone (303) 571-0300.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Freda Parker, Division of Community
Preventive Services, Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Office
of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia
30333, phone: (404) 498-1119, e-mail: [email protected].
Purpose: The Task Force is meeting to consider findings of reviews
and issue recommendations and findings to help inform decision makers
about policy, practice, and research in a wide range of U.S. settings.
Matters To Be Discussed: Effectiveness of: Health Communication
Campaigns with Product Distribution to Improve Health Behaviors;
Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) Training to Decrease Underage
Drinking and Excessive Alcohol Consumption; Health Care System-Based
Interventions Implemented in Combination to Increase Vaccination Rates;
Economic evaluation of Immunization Information Systems; Proposals
regarding use of an Existing Review of Early Childhood Education; and
Prioritization of Reviews of Tobacco Prevention. Agenda items are
subject to change as priorities dictate.
Meeting Accessibility: This meeting is open to the public, limited
only by space available.
Dated: October 12, 2010.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-26133 Filed 10-15-10; 8:45 am]
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